Subconstituent
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A part or component of a syntactic, morphological, or phonetic constituent.
"In any metrical tree or constituent, the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by l is: a. One register step lower than the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l subconstituent is on the right; b. at the same register as the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l subconstituent is on the left."
- 2 One component of an algebra or graph that is made up of the union of several subalgebras or subgraphs.
"The second subconstituent of a graph with respect to some vertex x is the induced graph on the vertices distinct from x, and that are not adjacent to x."
- 3 A component of an elementary particle.
"The term prequark has appeared in the literature as a name for subconstituents in composite models [4]."
Example
More examples"In any metrical tree or constituent, the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by l is: a. One register step lower than the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l subconstituent is on the right; b. at the same register as the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l subconstituent is on the left."
Etymology
From sub- + constituent.
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