subconstituents

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
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
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