element
元素,元件,元器件
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- : a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- : Chemistry. one of a class of substances that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means.
- : a natural habitat, sphere of activity, environment, etc.: to be in one's element; Water is the element of fish.
- : elements, atmospheric agencies or forces; weather: a ruddy complexion from exposure to the elements.the rudimentary principles of an art, science, etc.: the elements of grammar.the bread and wine of the Eucharistic service.
- : any group of people singled out within a larger group by identifiable behavior patterns, common interests, ethnic similarities, etc.: He worried that the protest rally would attract the radical element.
- : one of the substances, usually earth, water, air, and fire, formerly regarded as constituting the material universe.
- : Mathematics. an infinitesimal part of a given quantity, similar in nature to it.an entity that satisfies all the conditions of belonging to a given set.
- : Geometry. one of the points, lines, planes, or other geometrical forms, of which a figure is composed.
- : Astronomy. any of the data required to define the precise nature of an orbit and to determine the position of a planet in the orbit at any given time.
- : Electricity. an electric device with terminals for connection to other electrical devices.
- : Radio. one of the electrodes in a vacuum tube.
- : Astrology. any of the four triplicity groupings of signs: fire, earth, air, or water.
- : Optics. any of the lenses or other components constituting an optical system.
- : Grammar. any word, part of a word, or group of words that recurs in various contexts in a language with relatively constant meaning.
- : Digital Technology. the start and end tags in an electronic document or web page, along with the text or other content between these tags.See also tag.
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Examples
Also spending on other, and different, elements of the campaign.
Only the Soviet Union has successfully landed on the Venusian surface—its Venera 13 lander functioned for 127 minutes before succumbing to the elements in 1982.
It’s ubiquitous in the nation, so it’s easy to see how it could become a hugely disruptive element in the search landscape.
To do this, the team analyzed isotopes — different forms of an element — of carbon and nitrogen in the diamonds, as well as isotopes of oxygen in the inclusions.
Here’s a comprehensive guide that looks into all the elements that you can capture to win your spot in Google’s top SERP real estate.
Very bass-y house, if I was in my element and playing what I like to play.
It may now be time for RSD to address the violent element within his own organization.
Anne Marie was in her element, jabbering away in heavily accented Liberian English, the center of attention.
The public cheered Holmes when she broke away from Cruise with a similar element of challenge and ingenuity.
Regrow limbs, cure cancer, or rock a killer outfit à la Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element.
And now there was added to this devotion an element of indefinable anxiety which made its vigilance unceasing.
That he might lose his head and 'introduce an element of sex' was conscience confessing that it had been already introduced.
This element of symbolic indication will be found to run through the whole of childish drawing.
At once dignified, solemn, and impressive, it combined every element of grandeur.
His good sense showed him how large an element of injustice entered into these hostilities.