element

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

elements

1.
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.
Letters are the elements of written language.
2.
A small part of the whole.
an element of the picture
3.
A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
an element of doubt
4.
A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
5.
(obsolete)The sky.
6.
(obsolete)Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
7.
(in plural, with definite article)(in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
exposed to the elements
8.
A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
to be in one’s element
9.
(plural normally)(Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
10.
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
11.
(in plural)(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
12.
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.
The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.

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verb

V_es/s

elements

V_ing/Gerund

elementing

V_ed/pp

elemented

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To compound (something) out of elements.
2.
(obsolete, transitive)To constitute and be the elements of (something).

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chemical elementelementary substancememberfirststuff

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