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ELEMENT
component, constituent, element
(noun) 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”
component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
(noun) 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”
element
(noun) the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; “water is the element of fishes”
element
(noun) a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
element
(noun) the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; “in your element”
bohrium, Bh, element, atomic number
(noun) a transuranic element
darmstadtium, Ds, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
dubnium, Db, hahnium, element, atomic number
(noun) a transuranic element
hassium, Hs, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
meitnerium, Mt, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
roentgenium, Rg, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized
seaborgium, Sg, element, atomic number
(noun) a transuranic element
ununbium, Uub, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
ununhexium, Uuh, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
ununpentium, Uup, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
ununquadium, Uuq, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
ununtrium, Uut, element, atomic number
(noun) a radioactive transuranic element
element
(noun) one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; “the alchemists believed that there were four elements”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
element (plural elements)
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.
(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
A small part of the whole.
(obsolete) The sky.
(plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
(Christianity, usually, in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
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.
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Synonyms
• (in chemistry): chemical element, firststuff (rare, nonstandard)
• (in set theory): member
Hyponyms
• chemical element
• data element
• heating element
Verb
element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)
(obsolete) To compound of elements.
(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
Anagrams
• leetmen
Source: Wiktionary
El"e*ment, n. Etym: [F. élément, L. elementum.]
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.
2. 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.
Note: The elements are naturally classified in several families or groups, as the group of the alkaline elements, the halogen group, and the like. They are roughly divided into two great classes, the metals, as sodium, calcium, etc., which form basic compounds, and the nonmetals or metalloids, as oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, which form acid compounds; but the distinction is only relative, and some, as arsenic, tin, aluminium, etc., form both acid and basic compounds. The essential fact regarding every element is its relative atomic weight or equivalent. When the elements are tabulated in the order of their ascending atomic weights, the arrangement constitutes the series of the Periodic law of Mendelejeff. See Periodic law, under Periodic. This Periodic law enables us to predict the qualities of unknown elements. The number of elements known is about seventy-five, but the gaps in the Periodic law indicate the possibility of many more. Many of the elements with which we are familiar, as hydrogen, carbon, iron, gold, etc., have been recognized, by means of spectrum analysis, in the sun and the fixed stars. From certain evidence (as that afforded by the Periodic law, spectrum analysis, etc.) it appears that the chemical elements probably may not be simple bodies, but only very stable compounds of some simpler body or bodies. In formulas, the elements are designated by abbreviations of their names in Latin or New Latin.
The Elements -------------------------------------------------------- ----Name |Sym-|Atomic Weight| |bol | O=16 | H=1 | ------------------- -----------------------------------------Aluminum | Al | 27.1 | 26.9| Antimony(Stibium) Argon Arsenic Barium Beryllium (see Glucinum) Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Caesium Calcium Carbon Cerium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Columbium Copper (Cuprum) Erbium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Glucinum Gold Helium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron (Ferrum) Krypton Lanthanum Lead (Plumbum) Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury (Hydrargyrum) Molybdenum Neodymium Neon Nickel Niobium (see Columbium) Nirogen Osmium Oxygen Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium (Kalium) Praseodymium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium
-----------------------------------------------------------The Elements -- continued ----------------------------------------------- -------------Name Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver (Argentum) Sodium (Natrium) Strontium Sulphur Tantalum Tellurium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin (Stannum) Titanium Tungsten (Wolframium) Uranium Vanadium Wolfranium (see Tungsten) Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium ------------------------------------------------------
El"e*ment, v. t.
1. To compound of elements or first principles. [Obs.] "[Love] being elemented too." Donne.
2. To constitute; to make up with elements. His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness. Walton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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