(chemistry) 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.
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
A short form of heating element, 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.
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.
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Letters are the elements of written language.
The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
an element of doubt; an element of the picture
The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
exposed to the elements
to be in one's own element
You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.