basic constituent

collocation in English

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basic
adjective
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/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandconstituentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Expressingbasicconstituentrelations in single clauses is fairly straightforward since any consistently used word order can function as a grammatical device.
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Their linguistic filter for extracting terms is thebasicconstituentstructure of a right-headed compound noun.
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Thebasicconstituentforebrain neuron populations and their interconnections could have evolved early in vertebrate phylogenesis and, being present in every amniote group, could support the observed common functional characteristics.
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We are bound to the principle of the eco-social market economy and ecology represents an importantbasicconstituentof life for us.
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Where that is so the multiplier wil be 2; thebasicconstituentof the rent limit will be twice the 1956 gross value.
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It has three levels, to wit: a circumstance determining whether an act is a crime hate motivation is included in thebasicconstituentelements.
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Thebasicconstituentremained constant, the circumstantial was subject to change.
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Found in most animal tissues, choline is a primary component of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and functions with inositol as abasicconstituentof lecithin.
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Beryllium fluoride forms abasicconstituentof the preferred fluoride salt mixture used in liquid-fluoride nuclear reactors.
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Such tasks can be seen as the basic constituents of expert systems and decision-support tools that handle qualitative knowledge in the form of comparative assessments.
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Amino acids are basic constituents of life, and recent laboratory experiments demonstrate they can be synthesized in the gaseous nebulae that are the birthplaces of stars.
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Many of these contain the same basic constituents but masquerade under different names to increase sales.
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His myopic attitude to inflation causes him to reject any attack on the basic constituents of the average family's cost of living.
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The most important hadrons are protons and neutrons, the basic constituents of atomic nuclei and, therefore, the building blocks of ordinary matter.
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One of the ultimate goals of tissue engineering is the creation of organs, such as the kidney, from basic constituents.
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In order for anything to begin moving at all, there must be some mind-like, voluntaristic property or force inherent in the basic constituents of the universe that propels them.
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Under such extreme conditions, the familiar structure of matter, where the basic constituents are nuclei (consisting of nucleons which are bound states of quarks) and electrons, is disrupted.
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