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element

('/E/l/@/m/@/nt )

an abstract part of something(noun.cognition)

Example:
The grammatical elements of a sentence.

Synonym:
component, constituent, factor, ingredient

source: wordnet30
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(noun.artifact)

Example:
A component or constituent element of a system.

Synonym:
component, constituent

source: wordnet30
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(noun.substance)

Synonym:
chemical element

source: wordnet30
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal(noun.location)

Example:
Water is the element of fishes.

source: wordnet30
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe(noun.substance)

Example:
The alchemists believed that there were four elements.

source: wordnet30
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective(noun.state)

Example:
In your element.

source: wordnet30
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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