subconstituent

Noun

subconstituent (plural subconstituents)

1. A part or component of a syntactic, morphological, or phonetic constituent.
   • In any metrical tree or constituent, the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by l is: a. One register step lower than the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l subconstituent is on the right; b. at the same register as the HTE of the subconstituent dominated by h when the l...1990, John Kingston, Mary E. Beckman, Papers in Laboratory Phonology, →ISBN, page 44
   • The dominance relation directly characterizes the property of subconstituency: X dominates Y if Y is a subconstituent of X.2000, North Eastern Linguistic Society, NELS: Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society
2. One component of an algebra or graph that is made up of the union of several subalgebras or subgraphs.
   • The second subconstituent of a graph with respect to some vertex x is the induced graph on the vertices distinct from x, and that are not adjacent to x.1999, Journal of algebraic combinatorics - Volume 10, page 79
   • During 1992 and 1993 Paul Terwilliger introduced a new tool called the subconstituent algebra for studying the underlying structure of association schemes through a series of three papers [21], [22], and [23]. Terwilliger introduced a method for studying commutative association schemes by defining...2008, Terwilliger Algebras of Wreath Products of Association Schemes, →ISBN
3. A component of an elementary particle.
   • The term prequark has appeared in the literature as a name for subconstituents in composite models [4].1993, Nuclei, particles and field, page 2
   • Apart from hadrons, which are made of subconstituent quarks, electron and positron are “fundamental” objects.2011, Sylvie Braibant, Giorgio Giacomelli, Maurizio Spurio, Particles and Fundamental Interactions, →ISBN, page 229