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ultimate constituent
noun
, Grammar.
- an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.
ultimate constituent
noun
- a constituent of something, such as a linguistic construction, that cannot be further subdivided in the terms of the analysis being undertaken Compare immediate constituent
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The soul is his inmost, the mind his middle, and the body his ultimate constituent.
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That it modifies the functions or reactivity of the ultimate constituent groups we have seen from the study of the esters.
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Biophore: an ultimate constituent of germ plasm or hereditary substance.
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