Definition:
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.
- (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
- (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
- (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
- (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
- (n.) the conditions and movements of the air.
- (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.
- (n.) The whole material composing the world.
- (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
- (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
- (v. t.) To constitute; to make up with elements.
Compare element with other words:
element vs. group
element vs. reprehensible
clement vs. element
content vs. element
element vs. source
element vs. medium
element vs. standard
element vs. verb
element vs. stercoranist
antecommunion vs. element
element vs. naphthide
element vs. organogen
element vs. vesbium
coinitial vs. element
crocket vs. element
element vs. quantivalence
carmot vs. element
element vs. integrant
element vs. epanorthosis
element vs. undock
element vs. practice
element vs. feature
element vs. spirit
element vs. gas
element vs. essence
element vs. property
element vs. elementariness
element vs. elementally
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aspect vs. element
element vs. mobile
element vs. fundament
argumentative vs. element
bavarian vs. element
element vs. product
element vs. substance
element vs. semiring
element vs. silicide
allotropical vs. element
allotropism vs. element
element vs. multiset
element vs. metalliferous
atomistic vs. element
decidable vs. element
element vs. homology
didymium vs. element
derangement vs. element
commutator vs. element
adjoint vs. element
element vs. pediment
ekasilicon vs. element
ekaboron vs. element
element vs. qualifier
boride vs. element
element vs. multiplicity
element vs. guna
element vs. protoxide
element vs. monazite
element vs. leaded
analytic vs. element
element vs. skene
element vs. thallic
element vs. primordial
element vs. publication
dichloride vs. element
carbide vs. element
element vs. survivorship
element vs. hydride
element vs. nonmetal
element vs. metalloid
catenation vs. element
element vs. ingrained
element vs. infuse
element vs. mapping
chrome vs. element
element vs. motley
element vs. selector
element vs. stanza
cardinality vs. element
element vs. grill
element vs. singleton
constituent vs. element
debug vs. element
element vs. registration
element vs. transmutation
element vs. triangular
element vs. undiluted
element vs. hitch
element vs. intersect
element vs. oxidize
element vs. orchestration
element vs. sesquioxide
element vs. overlap
element vs. heterologous
element vs. quintessence
element vs. fusion
cyclic vs. element
element vs. oxidation
element vs. multiple
element vs. symphony
element vs. isobar
element vs. tritium
element vs. molecular
allotropic vs. element
allotropy vs. element
element vs. whisker
component vs. element
element vs. mixture
element vs. monatomic
element vs. inert
element vs. fluoride
chloride vs. element
element vs. halogen
binding vs. element
element vs. nascent
element vs. equivalent
element vs. indices
element vs. mineral
commute vs. element
element vs. reside
element vs. isolation
element vs. servile
element vs. soffit
element vs. motif
element vs. iodide
dyadic vs. element
element vs. prime
dock vs. element
determinant vs. element
element vs. oxide
belong vs. element
element vs. parity
element vs. select
bromide vs. element
element vs. harmony
element vs. infinite
combination vs. element
bob vs. element
element vs. ornament
element vs. symmetry
analyse vs. element
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dyad vs. element
element vs. wisdom
element vs. interpolation
element vs. entity
element vs. empty
element vs. quantitative
element vs. synthesis
element vs. parenthesis
chiasmus vs. element
element vs. front
aggregate vs. element
element vs. elementary
element vs. elemental
element vs. member
element vs. tag
element vs. resistance
element vs. set
element vs. philosopher
alchemist vs. element
element vs. matter
decompose vs. element
chemical vs. element
base vs. element
element vs. fundamental
element vs. power
consist vs. element
constitution vs. element
element vs. principle
element vs. part
element vs. union
element vs. intersection
contain vs. element
element vs. generator
crosswalk vs. element
element vs. influence
aluminum vs. element
actinium vs. element
element vs. lanthanum
arsenic vs. element
element vs. vanadium
element vs. phosphorus
boron vs. element
atom vs. element
element vs. helium
element vs. silicon
element vs. oxygen
element vs. proton
element vs. hydrogen
element vs. ether
element vs. metal
element vs. iron
analysis vs. element
element vs. stride
element vs. unit
alloy vs. element
element vs. tin
copper vs. element
art vs. element
air vs. element
element vs. silver
abutment vs. element
element vs. pro
element vs. factor
element vs. rudiment
element vs. molecule
allomorph vs. element
compound vs. element
element vs. point
element vs. gobble
element vs. word