element
element - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĕl'ĭmənt, IPA: /ˈɛlɪmənt/
- Hyphenation: el‧e‧ment
Noun
element (plural elements)
- 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.
- (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.
- Synonyms: chemical element, (rare, nonstandard) firststuff
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- (law) A 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.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- Synonym: member
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- an element of the picture
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- an element of doubt
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (obsolete) The sky.
- (obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- exposed to the elements
- A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
- to be in one's element
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- 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.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Hyponyms
- chemical element
- data element
- heating element
Derived terms
- alloying element
- block level element
- diagonal element
- driven element
- element of surprise
- endogenous viral element
- finite element
- generalized element
- generic element
- global element
- identity element
- in one's element
- integral element
- logical mechanical element
- lumped-element model
- main group element
- major element
- mobile genetic element
- native element
- out of one's element
- parasitic element
- primitive element
- rare-earth element
- rare earth element
- regular element
- representative element
- sentence element
- sieve-tube element
- single-element
- sub-element
- systematic element name
- tipping element
- trace element
- transition element
- transuranium element
- vessel element
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Translations
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Verb
element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)
- (obsolete) To compound of elements.
- (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
Related terms
Anagrams
element - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA: /ə.ləˈment/
- (Central) IPA: /ə.ləˈmen/
- (Valencian) IPA: /e.leˈment/
Noun
element m (plural elements)
Derived terms
element - Crimean Tatar
Noun
element
- element.
Declension
nominative | element |
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genitive | elementniñ |
dative | elementke |
accusative | elementni |
locative | elementte |
ablative | elementten |
element - Danish
Noun
element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)
Declension
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | element | elementet | elementer | elementerne |
genitive | elements | elementets | elementers | elementernes |
element - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌeː.ləˈmɛnt/
- Hyphenation: ele‧ment
Noun
element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: elemen
Anagrams
element - Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element or elementer, definite plural elementa or elementene)
- an element
element - Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element, definite plural elementa)
- an element
element - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛˈlɛ.mɛnt/
- Syllabification: e‧le‧ment
Noun
element m inan
- element (component, piece of a larger whole)
- (derogatory) element (group of people)
- Wieczorami w knajpie zbierał się podejrzany element.
- In the evenings, a suspicious element congregated in the pub.
Declension
element - Romanian
Noun
element n (plural elemente)
Declension
element - Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Bosnian, Serbian): elèmenat
Pronunciation
- IPA: /elěment/
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment
Noun
elèment m (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)
Declension
element - Swedish
Noun
element n
- element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
- element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
- elements; forces of weather
- element; an object in a set
- (mathematics) element of a matrix
- heating element, radiator
- (computing) element; object in markup language
Declension
Declension of element | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | element | elementet | element | elementen |
Genitive | elements | elementets | elements | elementens |
Related terms
element - Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /eleˈmænt/
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧ment
Noun
element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)
Declension
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | element | |
Definite accusative | elementi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | element | elementler |
Definite accusative | elementi | elementleri |
Dative | elemente | elementlere |
Locative | elementte | elementlerde |
Ablative | elementten | elementlerden |
Genitive | elementin | elementlerin |