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▸ noun:  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:  (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
▸ noun:  (chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; 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.
▸ noun:  One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
▸ noun:  (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
▸ noun:  Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
▸ noun:  A small part of the whole.
▸ noun:  A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
▸ noun:  A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The sky.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
▸ noun:  (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
▸ noun:  A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
▸ noun:  (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
▸ noun:  A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
▸ noun:  (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
▸ noun:  (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
▸ noun:  (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To compound of elements.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.

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