element
noun
1 element
An abstract part of something:
— The grammatical elements of a sentence.
synonyms: component, constituent, factor, ingredient.
Roget 3:
substantiality,
hypostasis;
person,
being,
thing,
object,
article,
item;
something,
a being,
an existence;
creature,
body,
substance,
flesh and blood,
stuff,
substratum;
matter
etc.
316;
corporeity†,
element,
essential nature,
groundwork,
materiality,
substantialness,
vital part.
[Totality of existences],
world
etc.
318;
plenum.
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Roget 56:
component;
component part,
integral part,
integrant part†;
element,
constituent,
ingredient,
leaven;
part and parcel;
contents;
appurtenance;
feature;
member
etc.
(part)
51;
personnel.
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Roget 153:
cause,
origin,
source,
principle,
element;
occasioner†,
prime mover,
primum mobile [Lat.];
vera causa [Lat.];
author
etc.
(producer)
164;
mainspring;
agent;
leaven;
groundwork,
foundation
etc.
(support)
215.
spring,
fountain,
well,
font;
fountainhead,
spring head,
wellhead;
fons et origo [Lat.],
genesis;
descent
etc.
(paternity)
166;
remote cause;
influence.
pivot,
hinge,
turning point,
lever,
crux,
fulcrum;
key;
proximate cause,
causa causans [Lat.];
straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground;
reason,
reason why;
why and wherefore,
rationale,
occasion,
derivation;
final cause
etc.
(intention)
620;
les dessous des cartes [Fr.];
undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg,
germ,
embryo,
bud,
root,
radix radical,
etymon,
nucleus,
seed,
stem,
stock,
stirps,
trunk,
tap-root,
gemmule†,
radicle,
semen,
sperm.
nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed.
causality,
causation;
origination;
production
etc.
161.
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Roget 316:
materiality,
materialness;
corporeity†,
corporality†;
substantiality,
substantialness,
flesh and blood,
plenum;
physical condition.
matter,
body,
substance,
brute matter,
stuff,
element,
principle,
parenchyma [Biol.],
material,
substratum,
hyle†,
corpus,
pabulum;
frame.
object,
article,
thing,
something;
still life;
stocks and stones;
materials
etc.
635.
[Science of matter]
physics;
somatology†,
somatics;
natural philosophy,
experimental philosophy;
physicism†;
physical science,
philosophie positive [Fr.],
materialism;
materialist;
physicist;
somatism†,
somatist†.
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Dutch: uitvoerder
2 element
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:
— A component or constituent element of a system.
synonyms: component, constituent.
Dutch: element, gegeven, onderdeel, sectie
Polish: element
3 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.
synonym: chemical element.
Dutch: scheikundig element, chemisch element, element
Polish: pierwiastek, pierwiastek chemiczny
4 element
The most favorable environment for a plant or animal.
5 element
One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe.
Dutch: element
Polish: element, żywioł
6 element
The situation in which you are happiest and most effective.
7 element
A straight line that generates a cylinder or cone.
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