element

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”); origin uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from L M N, first three letters of the second half of the Canaanite alphabet, recited by ancient scribes when learning it (in sense compare English ABC(s) (“fundamentals”)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.ɪ.mənt/

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NounEdit

element (plural 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.

   • Jowett (Thucyd.)

     The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.

2. (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.
3. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air
4. A small part of the whole.

   an element of doubt

   an element of the picture

5. (plural only) Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
6. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.

   be in one's own element

7. (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
8. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
9. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

   You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.

10. A short form of heating element, 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.

11. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.
    • 2011, Richard Wagner, Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies

      The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.

SynonymsEdit

• (in chemistry): chemical element
• (in set theory): member

Derived termsEdit

• chemical element
• data element
• heating element

Related termsEdit

• elemental
• elementary

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

• atom

External linksEdit

• element in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• element in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

AnagramsEdit

• leetmen

EtymologyEdit

Latin elementum.

NounEdit

element

1. element.

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

• V. A. Mirjejev, S. M. Usejinov (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian–Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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NounEdit

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

1. element
2. (chemistry) element
3. (set theory) element

AnagramsEdit

• leemten

Alternative formsEdit

• (Bosnian, Serbian): elèmenat

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /elěment/
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

NounEdit

elèment m (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)

1. element

DeclensionEdit

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NounEdit

element n

1. element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
2. element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
3. elements; forces of weather
4. element; an object in a set
5. (mathematics) element of a matrix
6. heating element, radiator
7. (computing) element; object in markup language

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• elementär
• elementa
• elementar-

EtymologyEdit

From German Element.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ɛ.le.ˈment]
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment

NounEdit

element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

1. (chemistry) element

DeclensionEdit