ultimate constituent

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.

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ultimate constituent British  

noun

1. a constituent of something, such as a linguistic construction, that cannot be further subdivided in the terms of the analysis being undertaken Compare immediate constituent

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ultimate constituent

Somewhere in the depths of space, he believed, helium, oxygen, silicon and iron were being formed from the ultimate constituent of all matter, the electron.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nothing escapes her sway in this present state, except Nature which, while seeming to change, never really changes her ultimate constituent elements, or her universal laws.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

A single word is seldom an integral element of speech; yet it may fairly be called the atom, the ultimate constituent of speech.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.

The cell is the ultimate constituent in the formation and in the life of tissue, fibre, tendon, bone, muscle, brain, nerve system, vital organ.

From The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Trine, Ralph Waldo

Biophore: an ultimate constituent of germ plasm or hereditary substance.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.