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1.NounOne 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."
2.NounAny one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
3.NounA chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; 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.
4.NounOne of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
5.NounA basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
6.NounA 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.
7.NounOne of the objects in a set.
8.NounOne of the entries of a matrix.
9.NounAny of the teeth of a zip fastener.
10.NounA small part of the whole."an element of the picture"
11.NounA small but present amount of a quality, a hint."an element of doubt"
12.NounA factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
13.NounThe sky.
14.NounAny one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
15.NounAtmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains."exposed to the elements"
16.NounA place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to."to be in one’s element"
17.NounThe bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
18.NounA group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic."You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches."
19.NounThe basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
20.NounA 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."
21.NounAn infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential."The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy."
22.NounAn orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
23.NounOne of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
24.VerbTo compound (something) out of elements.
25.VerbTo constitute and be the elements of (something).