element
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.
(chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.(year=2014)
(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.
(classical element) One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
(in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
(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.
(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
(mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
A small part of the whole.
A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
(obsolete) The sky.
(obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies in premodern cosmology.
(atmospheric forces)(with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
(suitable environment) A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
(in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
(group of people) A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
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.
(mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
(astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
(computing) (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
To compound (something) out of elements (''noun sense'').
To constitute and be the elements of (something).