1. (noun)component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient an abstractpart 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 compositeentity 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"
1. (noun)Element one of the simplest or essentialparts 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
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 latterbeing at any instant called an element of the former
9. (noun)Element one of the terms in an algebraic expression
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
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