element

Meaning

Noun

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 simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (plural-normally) 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. A small part of the whole.
11. A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
12. A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
13. (obsolete) The sky.
14. (obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
15. (in-plural, with-definite-article) Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
16. A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
17. (plural-normally) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
18. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
19. (in-plural) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
20. 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.
21. An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
22. An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
23. One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To compound (something) out of elements.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To constitute and be the elements of (something).

Synonyms

component

constituent

factor

part

ingredient

member

main component

chemical element

item

detail

entry

substance

feature

rudiment

cell

coefficient

particle

piece

portion

accessory

unit

basic

composition

material

stuff

consideration

principle

molecule

numerator

data

echelon

matter

means

molecular

mountings

movement

partial

particular

partition

prefab

primitive

ration

role

section

sections

share

small part

spare part

sprite

subdivision

Translations

élément

elemento

elemento

Element

element

στοιχείο

elemento

element

composant

öğe

componente

عُنْصُر

constituant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛləmənt/

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.

Sentences

The element antimony is mainly used in flame retardants .