partnoun
The company is more than just the sum of its constituent parts, as it has a strong guiding culture.
Market segmentation is the analysis of a particular market into its constituent parts.
The strong note of whimsy is a constituent part of the book's charm.
Let's look at the constituent parts of this sentence.
Waste should be processed and the constituent elements returned to the place in the environment from which they were taken.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Comprising and consisting of
be
compose
composition
compositional
compositionally
comprise
consist in something
consist of something
constituent
constitute
constitution
constitutive
form
from
make
make something up
multi-component
of