English Dictionary

constituent

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈstɪtjuənt/

名詞

A part, or component of a whole / A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs / A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

日本語の意味

構成要素 - 全体を構成する一部分・要素としての意味 / 構成員 - 全体を構成する個々の要素としての意味 / 選挙区民 - 選挙で代表を選出するために一つの区域に住む住民としての意味

Each constituent of the alloy contributes to its overall strength.

合金の各構成要素が全体の強度に寄与している。

意味（1）

A part, or component of a whole

We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.

意味（2）

A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs

whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes.

意味（3）

A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.

意味（4）

A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.

意味（5）

(law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact

意味（6）

(grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause

Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive s inflection in English without saying that it's a Noun Phrase inflection.

constituents （ plural ）