element
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
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chemistry
computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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set-theory
Etymology: From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).
The verb is from Middle English elementen, from the noun.
Inflected forms:
form: elements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Letters are the elements of written language.
The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The she asked the elements to send their spirits to her.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine,
Untill our bodies turne to Elements:
And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: […] the majority of names being compounded of two elements chosen from a stock of special name-words.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A small part of the whole.
pos: noun
examples: an element of the picture
gloss: A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
pos: noun
examples: an element of doubt
The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
gloss: A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
pos: noun
gloss: The sky.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!
gloss: Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
with-definite-article
examples: exposed to the elements
gloss: A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
pos: noun
examples: to be in one’s element
gloss: The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
gloss: A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
pos: noun
examples: You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
gloss: The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
These screens incorporate a layer of transparent gold film in the laminations which forms an electric heating element to act as de-icer and de-mister.
gloss: An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
pos: noun
examples: The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.
gloss: An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
pos: noun
examples: The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.
Related words: elemental
elementary
atom
Derived words: alloying element
antielement
bioelement
block level element
common element
diagonal element
driven element
elementation
element number
element of surprise
elementoid
elementology
elementwise
element zero
empty-element tag
endogenous viral element
finite element
generalized element
generic element
global element
graphoelement
heteroelement
idele
identity element
in one's element
integral element
interelement
line element
logical mechanical element
lumped-element model
macroelement
main group element
major element
microelement
mobile genetic element
multielement
nanoelement
nonelement
oligoelement
out of one's element
parasitic element
peg element
photoelement
primitive element
primordial element
pseudoelement
radioelement
rare earth element
rare-earth element
regular element
representative element
resel
retroelement
sentence element
sieve element
sieve-tube element
single-element
stereoelement
sub-element
superelement
systematic element name
texel
thermoelement
time element
tipping element
trace element
tracer element
transition element
transposable element
transuranium element
unit element
urelement
vessel element
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: element
lang: Arabic
word: عُنْصُر
roman: ʕunṣur
lang: Armenian
word: հիմունք
roman: himunkʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ünsür
lang: Azerbaijani
word: element
lang: Belarusian
word: элеме́нт
roman: eljemjént
lang: Belarusian
word: элемэ́нт
roman: eljemént
lang: Bengali
word: ধাতু
roman: dhatu
lang: Breton
word: elfenn
lang: Bulgarian
word: елеме́нт
roman: elemént
lang: Burmese
word: ဓါတ်
roman: dhat
lang: Burmese
word: ဒြပ်စင်
roman: drapcang
lang: Catalan
word: element
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 要素
roman: jiu³ sou³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 要素
roman: yàosù
lang: Cornish
word: elven
lang: Czech
word: prvek
lang: Czech
word: element
lang: Danish
word: element
lang: Dutch
word: element
lang: Esperanto
word: elemento
lang: Estonian
word: element
lang: Finnish
word: perusosa
lang: French
word: élément
lang: Galician
word: elemento
lang: Georgian
word: ელემენტი
roman: elemenṭi
lang: German
word: Element
lang: Greek
word: ουσία
roman: ousía
lang: Greek
word: στοιχείο
roman: stoicheío
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στοιχεῖον
roman: stoikheîon
lang: Hebrew
word: עיקר \ עִקָּר
roman: ikár
lang: Hebrew
word: יְסוֹד
roman: yesód
lang: Hindi
word: तत्त्व
roman: tattva
lang: Hungarian
word: elem
lang: Hungarian
word: alkotóelem
lang: Hungarian
word: összetevő
lang: Hungarian
word: alkatrész
lang: Irish
word: dúil
lang: Irish
word: uraiceacht
lang: Italian
word: elemento
lang: Japanese
word: 要素
roman: yōso
lang: Japanese
word: エレメント
roman: eremento
lang: Kazakh
word: элемент
roman: élement
lang: Khmer
word: ធាតុ
roman: thiət
lang: Korean
word: 요소
roman: yoso
lang: Kyrgyz
word: элемент
roman: element
lang: Lao
word: ທາດ
roman: thāt
lang: Latin
word: elementum
lang: Latvian
word: elements
lang: Lithuanian
word: elementas
lang: Macedonian
word: елеме́нт
roman: elemént
lang: Malay
word: unsur
lang: Māori
word: pūmotu
lang: Mongolian
word: элемент
roman: element
lang: Navajo
word: áʼádaatʼéhígíí
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: element
lang: Occitan
word: element
lang: Pali
word: dhātu
lang: Pashto
word: توکی
roman: tukáy
lang: Pashto
word: عنصر
roman: ansór
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عُنْصُر
roman: onsor
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آخْشیج
roman: âxšij
lang: Polish
word: pierwiastek
lang: Polish
word: element
lang: Portuguese
word: fundamento
lang: Romanian
word: element
lang: Romanian
word: elemente
lang: Russian
word: элеме́нт
roman: elemént
lang: Russian
word: звено́
roman: zvenó
lang: Russian
word: составна́я часть
roman: sostavnája častʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: धातु
roman: dhātu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: елѐмент
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: elèment
lang: Slovak
word: prvok
lang: Slovak
word: element
lang: Slovene
word: element
lang: Spanish
word: elemento
lang: Swahili
word: elementi
lang: Swedish
word: element
lang: Tagalog
word: elemento
lang: Tagalog
word: bahagi
lang: Tajik
word: элемент
roman: element
lang: Tajik
word: унсур
roman: unsur
lang: Thai
word: ธาตุ
roman: tâat
lang: Turkish
word: öğe
lang: Turkish
word: eleman
lang: Turkish
word: unsur
lang: Turkmen
word: element
lang: Ukrainian
word: елеме́нт
roman: elemént
lang: Urdu
word: عُنْصُر
roman: 'unsur
lang: Uyghur
word: ئۇنسۇر
roman: unsur
lang: Uyghur
word: ئېلېمېنت
roman: ëlëmënt
lang: Uzbek
word: element
lang: Uzbek
word: unsur
lang: Vietnamese
word: yếu tố
lang: Welsh
word: elfen
lang: Yiddish
word: עלעמענט
roman: element
lang: Dutch
word: element
lang: Dutch
word: fractie
lang: Finnish
word: häivähdys
lang: Finnish
word: aavistus
lang: Finnish
word: varjo
lang: Finnish
word: siemen
lang: Hebrew
word: שְׁבִיב
roman: shvív
lang: Hungarian
word: részlet
lang: Hungarian
word: darab
lang: Hungarian
word: részecske
lang: Hungarian
word: csepp
lang: Hungarian
word: morzsányi
lang: Hungarian
word: szemernyi
lang: Italian
word: elemento
lang: Māori
word: huānga
lang: Occitan
word: element
lang: Polish
word: odrobina
lang: Portuguese
word: resquício
lang: Portuguese
word: vestígio
lang: Romanian
word: particulă
lang: Romanian
word: părticică
lang: Romanian
word: element
lang: Russian
word: элеме́нт
roman: elemént
lang: Russian
word: крупи́ца
roman: krupíca
lang: Swahili
word: elementi