constituent

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noun 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
noun a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
noun something determined in relation to something that includes it

From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“to establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuō (“to set, place, establish”).

Constituents of facts, 51, 145. — Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy, Bertrand Russell
The Ultimate Constituents of Matter 125 VIII. — Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell
It is not in the matter of constituents. — The Crack of Doom, Robert Cromie

component, element

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