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constituent 1. having the power to frame a constitution or to constitute a government (esp in the phrases constituent assembly, constituent power) 2. Becoming rare electing or having the power to elect 3. a resident of a constituency, esp one entitled to vote 4. Chiefly law a person who appoints another to act for him, as by power of attorney constituent [kən′stich·ə·wənt] (science and technology) An essential part or component of a system or group: examples are an ingredient of a chemical system, or a component of an alloy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The foundation of the former was a superintending Providence- -the rights of man, and the constituent revolutionary power of the people. Of their constituent parts some are common to both, some peculiar to Tragedy, whoever, therefore, knows what is good or bad Tragedy, knows also about Epic poetry. Spectrum analysis of the black powder points unmistakably to the presence of an unknown element with a brilliant group of three lines in the green, and it is pos- sible that it combines with argon to form a compound which acts at once with deadly effect upon some constituent in the blood. |
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