Element
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
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an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up
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an abstract part of something
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the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
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a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
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the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
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one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- chemical elementcomponent
- alternatephrasing
- Elements
- plural
- Elements
- possessive
- Element's
- pluralpossessive
- Elements'