constitutive

con·sti·tu·tive  (knst-ttv, -ty-)

adj.

1. Making a thing what it is; essential.

2. Having power to institute, establish, or enact.

3. Of or relating to the synthesis of a protein or an enzyme at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand or the concentration of a substrate.

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consti·tutive·ly adv.

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constitutive [ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪv]

adj

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) having power to enact, appoint, or establish

2. (Chemistry) Chem (of a physical property) determined by the arrangement of atoms in a molecule rather than by their nature

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) Biochem (of an enzyme) formed continuously, irrespective of the cell's needs

4. another word for constituent [1]

constitutively  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

constitutive - constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) constituent, constitutional, organic essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"