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element
  1. 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.
    1. (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.
    2. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
    3. (law) 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.
    4. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
  2. A small part of the whole.
  3. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  4. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
  5. (plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
  6. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
  7. 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.
  8. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “Having a compelling plot is just one element of a successful movie.”
      “This scheme was an element of the wider social democratic legacy of the 1940s.”
      “As a car enthusiast, I was in my element appraising the value of second-hand automobiles.”
elemental
  1. (fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.
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elementalism
  1. The theory that the heathen gods originated in the personification of elemental powers.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Their specific elementalism is felt in Hackett's preference and deep feeling for blue and white as her principal color divisions.”
elementology
  1. An approach to medicine based on the ancient elements of air, earth, fire, and water.
elementation
elementality
  1. The property of being elemental or elementary.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Against the austere elementality of the concrete caverns, small yet well considered details provide flashes of colour and articulation.”
      “Few composers make you more aware of the intricacy, delicacy, and elementality of the musical process, of what happens when a musician's body and fingers catalyse their instruments, than Saunders does.”
      “Exploring notions of abstraction through formal and material reductivism, it's a powerful statement, evoking timelessness, elementality and a connection with nature.”
elementariness
elementarity
  1. (obsolete) The quality of being elementary.
elements
  1. plural of element
  2. (plural only) Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain.
  3. (plural only) The basic tenets of an area of knowledge.
  4. (plural only) The bread and wine of the eucharist.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Often speakers replace elements of their own language with something from the language they are shifting toward.”
      “It does not obey the law of conservation of mass since the reactants and products have different compositions of elements.”
      “The various elements of the cytoskeleton not only serve in the maintenance of cellular shape but also have roles in other cellular functions.”
elementalities
  1. plural of elementality
elementals
  1. plural of elemental
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With demons and elementals, one uses a thaumaturgic circle to call them into and bind them.”
      “But neither the light of the crystals nor the praise from the elementals could lift the darkness within her.”
      “With the discovery that the Fire elementals were acting alone, the humans and elementals united to try and stop the force.”
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