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Definitions of 'Element' 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 individual parts 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


Definitions of 'Element' Webster 1913 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 ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part 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

7. (noun) Element
an infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential

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 four elements 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


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