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

Adjective

1. forming a part of something

2. with the power to appoint or establish

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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