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noun

• One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

  Example: Letters are the elements of written language.

• A small part of the whole.

  Example: an element of doubt;  an element of the picture

• The sky.

• (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

  Example: exposed to the elements

• A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.

  Example: to be in one's element

• (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

• A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

  Example: You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.

• A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

  Example: The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.

• One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

verb

• To compound of elements.

• To constitute and be the elements of.