Element
Element (Tib. kham) The nature of any phenomenon. All phenomena hold their own natures, which are all included within the eighteen elements.
1. A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.
2. elements The basic assumptions or Template:Wiki of a subject.
3. Template:Wiki
a. A member of a set.
b. A point, line, or plane.
c. A part of a geometric configuration, such as an angle in a triangle.
d. The generatrix of a geometric figure.
e. Any of the terms in the rectangular array of terms that constitute a Template:Wiki or determinant.
4. Template:Wiki & Physics A substance composed of atoms having an identical number of Template:Wiki in each nucleus. Elements cannot be reduced to simpler Template:Wiki by normal chemical means.
5. One of four Template:Wiki, earth, air, fire, or water, formerly regarded as a fundamental constituent of the universe.
6. Electricity The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven.
7. elements The forces that constitute the weather, especially severe or inclement weather: outside paint that had been damaged by the elements.
8. An environment naturally suited to or associated with an Template:Wiki: He is in his element when traveling. The business world is her element.
9. A Template:Wiki group within a larger Template:Wiki: the dissident element on campus.
10. A part of a Template:Wiki force, especially:
a. A ground unit in an air force comparable to a platoon.
b. A unit of an air force Template:Wiki to two or three aircraft.
11. elements The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
1. (Template:Wiki / Elements & Compounds) any of the 118 known Template:Wiki (of which 93 occur naturally) that consist of atoms with the same number of Template:Wiki in their nuclei Compare compound1 [1]
2. one of the fundamental or irreducible components making up a whole
3. a cause that contributes to a result; factor
4. any group that is part of a larger unit, such as a Template:Wiki formation
5. a small amount; hint an element of sarcasm in her Template:Wiki
6. a distinguishable section of a Template:Wiki group he belonged to the Template:Wiki element in the expedition
7. (Life Template:Wiki & Allied Applications / Template:Wiki) the most favourable environment for an animal or plant
8. the situation in which a person is happiest or most effective (esp in the phrases in or out of one's element)
9. (Template:Wiki / Electrical Template:Wiki) the resistance wire and its former that constitute the electrical heater in a cooker, heater, etc.
10. (Electronics) Electronics another name for component [2]
11. (Philosophy) one of the four Template:Wiki thought in Template:Wiki and Template:Wiki cosmology to constitute the universe (earth, air, water, or fire)
12. (Earth Template:Wiki / Physical Template:Wiki) (plural) atmospheric conditions or forces, esp wind, rain, and cold exposed to the elements
13. (plural) the first Template:Wiki of a subject
14. (Template:Wiki) Geometry a point, line, plane, or part of a geometric figure
15. (Template:Wiki) Maths
a. any of the terms in a determinant or Template:Wiki
b. one of the infinitesimally small quantities summed by an integral, often represented by the expression following the integral sign in <$>baf(x)dx, f(x)dx is an element of area
16. (Template:Wiki) Maths Logic one of the objects or numbers that together constitute a set
17. (Template:Wiki / Template:Wiki Terms) Template:Wiki the bread or wine consecrated in the Eucharist
18. (Template:Wiki) Template:Wiki any of the numerical quantities, such as the major axis or eccentricity, used in describing the orbit of a Template:Wiki, satellite, etc.
19. (Template:Wiki Arts / Broadcasting) one of the vertical or horizontal rods forming a television or VHF radio receiving aerial
20. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a component of a compound lens