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Meaning of element

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  element
      n 1: 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" [syn: {component},
           {constituent}, {element}, {factor}, {ingredient}]
      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; "spare components for
         cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn:
         {component}, {constituent}, {element}]
      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 [syn:
         {chemical element}, {element}]
      4: the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water
         is the element of fishes"
      5: one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval
         cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the
         alchemists believed that there were four elements"
      6: the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;
         "in your element"
      7: a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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