primary constituent

collocation in English

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primary
adjective
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/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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constituent
noun[C]
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/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/us
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/
one of the parts that a substance or combination is ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandconstituentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Classifications are typically named for theprimaryconstituentparticle size or a combination of the most abundant particles sizes, e.g. sandy clay or silty clay.
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Diphenhydramine is theprimaryconstituentof dimenhydrinate and dictates the primary effect.
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Less common is basalt, a denser volcanic rock that is theprimaryconstituentof the ocean floors.
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Ground-level ozone is both naturally occurring and is theprimaryconstituentof urban smog.
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The most common carbonate mineral is calcite, and is theprimaryconstituentof sedimentary limestone and metamorphic marble.
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Theprimaryconstituentin most extremely hard cutting tools is tungsten carbide.
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Graphite, which offered better stiffness and resistance to cracking than fiberglass, eventually displaced all other materials as theprimaryconstituentmaterial of a tennis racquet.
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They are parts of the transcendent method and two primary constituents of the ontetic logic.
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Terpenes and terpenoids are the primary constituents of the essential oils of many types of plants and flowers.
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These compounds are the primary constituents of various essential oils.
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Its chemical structure is closely related to that of both -santolol and -santolol, which are the primary constituents of sandalwood oil.
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There are also conjectures about other exotic hadrons in which real gluons (as opposed to virtual ones found in ordinary hadrons) would be primary constituents.
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These, in turn, compose the basic proteins, which are the primary constituents of the soft tissues common to most biominerals.
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Besides its primary constituents nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapour exhaled human breath contains over one thousand other compounds at trace levels.
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The trademark covers a range of alloys whose primary constituents are platinum and silver, primarily used in jewellery.
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