Definition of elementry
1. element [ n ] an abstract part of something
Examples: : "jealousy was a component of his character"
"two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
"the grammatical elements of a sentence"
"a key factor in her success"
"an effective ingredient of a speech"
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
The terms are generally taken_for_granted as though they referred to direct and axiomatic elements in the common experience of all .
For in the modern_world neither `` spirit '' nor `` matter '' refer to any generally agreed-upon elements of experience .
In it important elements of Christianity and of the Biblical view of reality in_general , which now cause us much difficulty , could be responded to quite naturally and spontaneously .
Science is fully competent to deal with any element of experience which arises from an object in space and time .
When , therefore , it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit , these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality .
Synonyms factor element component ingredient constituent Related Terms part point be-all_and_end-all factorize2. element [ n ] an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Examples: : "spare components for cars"
"a component or constituent element of a system"
(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)
The `` moving '' picture of the train or the wave coming at the audience is , to_be_sure , more intense than a still picture of the same subject , but the difference is really one of degree ; the cinematic element of time is merely used to increase the realism of an object which would still be reasonably realistic in a still photo .
(Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)
If ( remember this is an assumption ) the minimal polynomial for T decomposes * * f where * * f are distinct elements of F , then we shall show that the space V is the direct_sum of the null_spaces of * * f .
(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)
The affixed elements of collage were extruded , as_it_were , and cut_off from the literal pictorial surface to form a bas-relief .
Synonyms element constituent component Related Terms part addition accessory ingredient crystal video spark_gap landside auto_part module audio makings pixel spark_gap spare_part retrofit hardware heating_element form3. element [ n ] any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Used in print:(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)
This apparatus will also be used to measure transition probabilities of a large_number of other elements .
A set of tables containing spectral intensities for 39000 lines of 70 elements , as observed in a copper matrix in a d-c arc , was completed and published .
Research continues on the very complex spectra of the rare_earth elements .
Synonyms element chemical_element Related Terms substance oxygen chlorine metallic_element iodine helium argon carbon hydrogen nitrogen germanium halogen rare_earth sulfur phosphorus xenon fluorine selenium silicon rutherfordium tellurium unnilquintium Ac nonmetal actinide trace_element krypton lawrencium arsenic noble_gas transuranic_element neon mendelevium nobelium boron unnilhexium astatine unnilseptium radon plutonium bromine allotrope transactinide atom4. element [ n ] the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
Examples:
"water is the element of fishes"
(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)
In late 1957 the M.P. ( Mouvement_Populaire ) appeared and in the spring of 1958 the internal strains of the Istiqlal was revealed when the third Council_of_Government under Balafrej was formed without support from progressive elements in the party .
Synonyms element Related Terms environment5. element [ n ] the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
Examples:
"in your element"
6. element [ n ] one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Examples:
"the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
7. element [ n ] a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
Synonyms element Related Terms straight_line element_of_a_cylinder element_of_a_coneSimilar Spelling
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