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1. An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
   "a component or constituent element of a system"
   - component, element
    
2. A member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
   "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
    
3. Something determined in relation to something that includes it
   "the animal constituent of plankton"
   - part, portion, component part, component
    
4. (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
   - grammatical constituent
    
5. An abstract part of something
   "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
   - component, element, factor, ingredient

1. Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
   - constitutional, constitutive, organic

Derived forms: constituents

See also: constitute, essential

Type of: division, elector, part, portion, relation, section, syntagm, syntagma, voter

Part of: constituency, electorate [Austral, NZ], meronymy, part to whole relation, sentence

Encyclopedia: Constituent