constituent
noun/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
/kənˈstɪtʃuənt/
- a person who lives in and can vote in a constituency
- She has the full support of her constituents.
- one of the parts of something that combine to form the whole
- Silicon and oxygen are the fundamental constituents of rocks in the earth’s crust.
- Tar is a harmful constituent of tobacco smoke.
- Vitamins are natural food constituents which are essential in helping to maintain good health.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’.
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