element

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noun

1. an abstract part of something (Freq. 34)
- 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
• Syn:
component, constituent, factor, ingredient
• Derivationally related forms:
factorize (for: factor), compose (for: component)
• Hypernyms:
part, section, division
• Hyponyms:
be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
2. 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 (Freq. 10)
- spare components for cars
- a component or constituent element of a system
• Syn:
component, constituent
• Derivationally related forms:
elementary, constitute (for: constituent)
• Hypernyms:
part, portion
• Hyponyms:
accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on, addition,
improver, audio, auto part, car part, crystal, hardware,
computer hardware, heating element, ingredient, input, landside, making,
module, pixel, pel, picture element, retrofit, spare part,
spare, spark gap
3. 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 (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
chemical element
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
allotrope, transuranic element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon,
metallic element, metal, nonmetal, transactinide, actinium, Ac,
atomic number 89, argon, Ar, atomic number 18, arsenic, As,
atomic number 33, astatine, At, atomic number 85, bohrium, Bh,
element 107, atomic number 107, boron, B, atomic number 5, bromine,
Br, atomic number 35, carbon, C, atomic number 6, chlorine,
Cl, atomic number 17, darmstadtium, Ds, element 110, atomic number 110,
dubnium, Db, hahnium, element 105, atomic number 105, fluorine,
F, atomic number 9, germanium, Ge, atomic number 32, hassium,
Hs, element 108, atomic number 108, helium, He, atomic number 2,
hydrogen, H, atomic number 1, iodine, iodin, I,
atomic number 53, krypton, Kr, atomic number 36, lawrencium, Lr,
atomic number 103, meitnerium, Mt, element 109, atomic number 109, mendelevium,
Md, Mv, atomic number 101, neon, Ne, atomic number 10,
nitrogen, N, atomic number 7, nobelium, No, atomic number 102,
oxygen, O, atomic number 8, phosphorus, P, atomic number 15,
plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94, radon, Rn, atomic number 86,
roentgenium, Rg, element 111, atomic number 111, rutherfordium, Rf,
unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104, seaborgium, Sg,
element 106, atomic number 106, selenium, Se, atomic number 34, silicon,
Si, atomic number 14, sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16,
tellurium, Te, atomic number 52, ununbium, Uub, element 112,
atomic number 112, ununhexium, Uuh, element 116, atomic number 116, ununpentium,
Uup, element 115, atomic number 115, ununquadium, Uuq, element 114,
atomic number 114, ununtrium, Uut, element 113, atomic number 113, xenon,
Xe, atomic number 54, trace element
• Part Meronyms:
atom
4. the most favorable environment for a plant or animal (Freq. 1)
- water is the element of fishes
• Hypernyms:
environment, environs, surroundings, surround
5. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
- the alchemists believed that there were four elements
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
air, fire, earth, quintessence, ether, water
6. the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
- in your element
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs
7. a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
• Hypernyms:
straight line
• Hyponyms:
element of a cone, element of a cylinder

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chemical element, component, constituent, factor, ingredient