elements
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Definitions ofelements
- 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.
Example: "Letters are the elements of written language."
- A small part of the whole.
Example: "an element of doubt; an element of the picture"
- The sky.
- (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
Example: "exposed to the elements"
- A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
Example: "to be in one's element"
- (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
Example: "You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches."
- 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.
Example: "The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute."
- One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
- Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain.
- The basic tenets of an area of knowledge.
- The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
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