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Element Definition

element

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Element

Etymology

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”); origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

Noun

element (plural elements)

  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. (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.
  3. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air
  4. Something small.
    an element of doubt
  5. (plural only; not used in singular form) Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  6. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
    be in one's own element
  7. (law) 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.
  8. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
  9. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
    You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
  10. 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.
    The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
  11. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.

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Etymology

Latin elementum.

Noun

element

  1. element.

Declension

declension of element
nominative element
genitive elementniñ
dative elementke
accusative elementni
locative elementte
ablative elementten

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Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Element

Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

Noun

element n. (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. element
  2. (chemistry) element
  3. (set theory) element

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

Noun

elèment m. (Cyrillic spelling елѐмент)

  1. element

Declension

declension of element
singular plural
nominative elèment elementi
genitive elementa elèmenātā
dative elementu elementima
accusative element elemente
vocative elemente elementi
locative elementu elementima
instrumental elementom elementima

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

element n.

  1. element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
  2. element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
  3. elements; forces of weather
  4. element; an object in a set
  5. (mathematics) element of a matrix
  6. heating element
  7. (computing) element; object in markup language

Declension

Declension of element
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative element elementet element elementen
genitive elements elementets elements elementens

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Turkish

Etymology

From German Element.

Pronunciation

Noun

element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

  1. (chemistry) element

Declension

declension of element
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) element elementler
definite accusative (belirtme) elementi elementleri
dative (yönelme) elemente elementlere
locative (bulunma) elementte elementlerde
ablative (çıkma) elementten elementlerden
genitive (tamlayan) elementin elementlerin

 

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