element
IPA: ˈɛɫʌmʌnt
noun
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- (chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (obsolete) The sky.
- (obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
verb
- (obsolete) To compound of elements.
- (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
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Examples of "element" in Sentences
- It is the pure source of the elements.
- The prescriptive element is paramount.
- Is it simply the rarity of the elements
- The controversial element is the oversight.
- The drawing is the situation of the element.
- The component catalog is the central element.
- The disparagement is an element in the snobbism.
- The element is the core component of the time machine.
- A resistive element is attached to the sensing element within the sensor.
- The scriptural elements that were established are the same scriptural elements.
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