constituent

con·stitu·ent (kən stic̸h′o̵̅o̅ ənt)

adjective

necessary in forming or making up a whole; component a constituent part
that can or does appoint or vote for a representative
authorized to make or revise a political constitution or establish a government a constituent assembly

Etymology: < L constituens, prp. of constituere: see constitute

noun

a person who appoints another to act as agent or representative
a member of a constituency, esp. any of the voters represented by a particular official
a necessary part or element; component
an element of a word or construction (Ex.: in “they painted signs” the main elements they and painted signs are called immediate constituents; the further morphologically indivisible elements they, paint, -ed, sign, and -s are called ultimate constituents)

con·stit′u·ently adverb

modif.

Converse of object

trace: Recent developments with cw diode lasers have realized the potential for compact instruments to perform in-situ measurements of atmospheric trace gas constituents.
extract: Refractory ore ore from which it is difficult to extract the valuable constituents.

Adjective modifier

atmospheric: ClO, OH, O 3 and NO 3 ) with selected atmospheric constituents ( e.g.
inorganic: McCance, R.A. and Shipp, H.L. ( 1933 ) The magnesium and other inorganic constituents of some marine invertebrates.
concerned: Mr Clifton-Brown was assured by boffins they knew nothing after he probed about mysterious objects on behalf of a concerned constituent.
active: The brighter the color of the flower, the greater the amount of active constituents its ' petals contain.
dietary: Document Back to previous page Are natural dietary constituents limiting for protection against light exposure?
cellular: Nonetheless, " The RNA tumor viruses also have buoyant densities that coincide with those of certain cellular constituents.

Modifies a noun

parish: To comply with the Act there needs to be a meeting in each of the constituent parishes, with each parish requesting a poll.
assembly: July 1999 - Election of a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution, Chávez supporters won 95 per cent of the seats.
republic: The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija is bordered on the north and northwest by Montenegro, another constituent republic of the FRY.
quark: The total electrical charge of a hadron is the sum of the electrical charges of its constituent quarks.
element: The constituent elements of each stage are described in detail.
college: Its constituent colleges, St John's, Battersea and St Mark's, Chelsea, date back to the 1840s.

Noun used with modifier

chemical: However, to nourish the human system, these simple chemical constituents must be supplied in the form of vegetable or animal substances.
portfolio: News from other portfolio constituents has been broadly positive.
smoke: Reports on cigarette additives and ingredients and smoke constituents.

Possessives

gentleman: Gentleman's constituents to fear and everything for this country to gain.

Preposition: of

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