Element meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

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. Noun

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

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.

4. Noun

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.

5. Noun

One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.

6. Noun

One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

7. Noun

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.

8. Noun

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.

9. Noun

One of the terms in an algebraic expression.

10. Noun

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.

11. Noun

The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

12. Noun

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

One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.

14. Noun

The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire

15. Noun

the conditions and movements of the air.

16. Noun

The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.

17. Noun

The whole material composing the world.

18. Noun

The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.

19. Verb

To compound of elements or first principles.

20. Verb

To constitute; to make up with elements.

21. Noun

A substance made from one type of atom.

A pure substance consisting of atoms with the same number of protons.

“Oxygen is a chemical element.”

22. 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"

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