element
nouns
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"
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"
is derived from
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
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
"water is the element of fishes"
is a type of (narrower)
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
"the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
is a type of (narrower)
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
"DNA is the substance of our genes"
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
"in your element"
is a type of (narrower)
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
"the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
is a type of (narrower)
a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
"the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
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