1. element - noun
· an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
Synonym(s): component, constituent, factor, ingredient
Hypernym(s): part, section, division
2. element - noun
· 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; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
Synonym(s): component, constituent
3. element - noun
· 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(s): chemical_element
Hypernym(s): substance
4. element - noun
· the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
Hypernym(s): environment, environs, surroundings, surround
5. element - noun
· one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
Hypernym(s): substance
6. element - noun
· the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; "in your element"
Hypernym(s): situation, state_of_affairs
7. element - noun
· a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
Hypernym(s): straight_line
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