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. 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. 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. The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
18. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
19. 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) To compound of elements.
2. (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.

Hyphenated as

el‧e‧ment

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).

Sentences

The element antimony is mainly used in flame retardants .