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   constituent

   /kənˈstɪtjʊənt/

   adjective

   • 1. being a part of a whole: "the constituent minerals of the rock"
   • 2. being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect: "the constituent body has a right of veto"
   • ▪ able to make or change a political constitution: "a constituent assembly"

   noun

   • 1. a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body: "the MP is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes" Similar voterelectormember of the electoratemember of a constituency
   • 2. a component part of something: "the essential constituents of the human diet" Similar componentcomponent partingredientelementpartpiecebitintegral partunitmodulefragmentsectionsegmentportionrare:integrant

   Word Origin late 15th century (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere (see constitute).

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