con·sti·tu·tive (k n st -t  tv, -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. con sti·tutive·ly adv. |
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
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| Adj. | 1. | constitutive - constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" |
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