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Word: element (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
  • A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
  • A short form of heating element, 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.
  • 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.
  • computing One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.
  • legal A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
  • One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air
  • 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.
  • pluralonly Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  • set theory One of the objects in a set.
  • Something small.

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