8. element any group of people singled out, often with disapproval, as having identifiable behavior patterns, common goals, ethnic similarities, etc.: the radical element.
9. element one of the substances, usu. earth, air, fire, and water, formerly regarded as constituting the materialuniverse.
10. element a component of a mechanical device: a printing element on a typewriter.
14. element one of the points, lines, planes, or other geometrical forms of which a figure is composed.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < L elementum one of the four elements, letter of the alphabet, first principle, rudiment)
Definition of 'Element'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient an abstract part of something "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
2. (noun)component, constituent, element an artifact that is one of the individualparts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
3. (noun)chemical element, element any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
4. (noun)element the most favorable environment for a plant or animal "water is the element of fishes"
5. (noun)element one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
6. (noun)element the situation in which you are happiest and most effective "in your element"
7. (noun)element a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
1. (noun)element one part or component of sth Humor is just one element of his personality.; There was an element of luck in our win.
2. element a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler one ***the chemical elements
3. element in/out of your element feeling/not feeling confident in a situation He's in his element talking to a big crowd.
Definition of 'Element'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Element 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
2. (noun)Element one of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen
3. (noun)Element one of the ultimateparts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simpleportion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simplepart in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite
4. (noun)Element one out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb
5. (noun)Element one of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber
6. (noun)Element one of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed
8. (noun)Element sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former
9. (noun)Element one of the terms in an algebraic expression
10. (noun)Element one of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit
11. (noun)Element the simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music
12. (noun)Element any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan
13. (noun)Element one of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter
14. (noun)Element the fourelements were, air, earth, water, and fire
15. (noun)Element the conditions and movements of the air
16. (noun)Element the elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury
17. (noun)Element the whole material composing the world
18. (noun)Element the bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper
19. (verb)Element to compound of elements or first principles
20. (verb)Element to constitute; to make up with elements
Definition of 'Element'
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
1. Element An organization formed around a specific function within a designated directorate of a joint force commander
Definitions of Element 
Afrikaans: elemente
Arabic: عُنْصُر، مُقَوِّم
Bulgarian: елемент
Brazilian: elemento
Czech: základní součást
German: der Grundbestandteil
Danish: element; led; del; kompon
Greek: στοιχείο
Spanish: elemento
Estonian: põhiosa
Farsi: اصل؛ مبنا
Finnish: perusedellytys
French: élément
Hebrew: יְסוֹד
Hindi: तत्व
Croatian: element
Hungarian: (alkotó)elem
Indonesian: unsur
Icelandic: frumatriði, undirstöðuatr
Italian: elemento
Japanese: 要素
Korean: 구성 요소
Lithuanian: elementas, sudedamoji dal
Latvian: elements; daļa
Malay: elemen
Dutch: bestanddeel
Norwegian: bestanddel, element
Polish: element
Persian: اصل؛ مبنا
Pashto: اساسات، مبادى، (كيم) هغه 
Portuguese: elemento
Romanian: element
Russian: составная часть
Slovak: základná súčasť
Slovenian: sestavni del
Serbian: elemenat
Swedish: grundvillkor, beståndsdel
Thai: องค์ประกอบสำคัญ
Turkish: öğe, unsur
Taiwanese: 要素
Ukrainian: елемент; складова частина
Urdu: کسی چیز کا اہم عنصر
Vietnamese: yếu tố
Chinese: 要素
