element

• 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
• an abstract part of something
• an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up
• the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
• one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
• the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
• a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
• 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
• One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed
• One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything
• One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole
• One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber
• One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed
• An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered
• Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former
• One of the terms in an algebraic expression
• One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based
• The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art
• Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question
• One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers
• The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
• the conditions and movements of the air
• The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury
• The whole material composing the world
• The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord´s supper
• To compound of elements or first principles
• To constitute
• Residential area (city, town, village) in South Africa in Eastern Cape

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