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Definition: Element |
ElementNoun1. 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". 2. 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. 3. 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". 4. One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements". 5. The most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes". 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "element" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Element 1. ") and an end tag (""). In some SGML implementations, some tags are omissible, as with "" in HTML. The start tag can contain attributes (" "), which are an unordered set of key-value bindings for that element. Both the start tag and end tag for an element typically contain the "tag name" (also called the "GI" or generic identifier) for that element. In XML, an element is always represented either by an explicit start tag and end tag, or by an empty element tag (" |
Aerospace | 1. One of the simple parts of which a complex entity is composed. 2. In chemistry, a substance which cannot be broken down by ordinary chemical means into simpler components. 3. In an electron tube, a constituent part of the tube that contributes directly to the electrical operation of the tube. 4. In a circuit, any electrical device (such an inductor, resistor, capacitor, generator, line, electron tube) with terminals at which it may be directly connected to other electrical devices. 5. In a semiconductor device, any integral part of the semiconductor device, any integral part of the semiconductor device that contributes to its operation.6. = orbital element. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Any integral part of the tube that contributes to its operation and to which external connections can be made. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An electrical device, such as an inductor, resistor, capacitor, switch, generator, line, electronic tube or valve, with terminals at which it may be directly connected to other electrical devices. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An internal circuit providing a simple digital function as part of the overall digital function of an integrated circuit. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | One of the 103 known chemical substances that cannot be broken down further without changing its chemical properties. Some examples include, hydrogen, nitrogen, gold, lead, and uranium. See the periodic table of elements. (references) |
| A substance consisting entirely of atoms of the same atomic number. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | A general term for the individual cell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | A distinct part of a specific job, selected for convenience of observation, measurement and analysis. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | An elementary machine part used as a component in the construction of different machines; e. g. a bolt, a rivet, a lever, a gear. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military & Defense | The smallest subdivision of a military unit that can be tactically manoeuvered independently. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A substance that cannot be decomposed into other substances b. A substance all of whose atoms have the same atomic number. The first definition was accepted until the discovery of radioactivity (1896), and is still useful in a qualitative sense. It is no longer strictly correct, because (1) the natural radioactive decay involves the decomposition of one element into others, (2) one element may be converted into another by bombardment with high-speed particles, and (3) an element can be separated into its isotopes. The second definition is accurate, but has the disadvantage that it has little relevance to ordinary chemical reactions or to geologic processes c. In crystallography, any point, line, or plane about which crystal structure, crystal faces, or crystal symmetry, including translation, issymmetrically arrayed. CF:operation. (references) |
Weather | Chemicals such as hydrogen (H) , iron (Fe) , sodium (Na) , carbon (C) , nitrogen (N) , or oxygen (O) , whose distinctly different atoms serve as the basic building blocks of all matter. There are 92 naturally occurring elements. Another 15 have been made in laboratories. Two or more elements combine to form compounds that make up most of the world's matter. See compound. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- Alternate meanings: classical element
A chemical element (sometimes called simply element) is a material that consists of atoms with the same number of protons in the nucleus. This number is known as the atomic number of the element. For example, all atoms with 6 protons in their nuclei are atoms of the chemical element carbon, and all atoms with 92 protons in their nuclei are atoms of the element uranium.
Lists of the elements by name, by symbol, and by by atomic number are available. The most convenient presentation of the elements is in the periodic table, which groups elements with similar chemical properties together.
Atoms of the same element whose nuclei contain a different number of neutrons are said to be different isotopes of the element. A pure element can exist as monoatomic units or as diatomic or polyatomic units comprising the same kind of atoms. These are called allotropes, irrespective of the state.
The official names of the chemical elements are decided by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry who generally adopt the name chosen by the discoverer. This can lead to the controversial question of which research group did actually discover an element, and question which delayed the naming of elements with atomic number of 104 and higher for a considerable time. Chemical elements are also given a unique chemical symbol, often based on the name of the element,not necessarily in English (for example, carbon has chemical symbol 'C', and sodium has chemical symbol 'Na' after the Latin natrium). Chemical symbols are understood internationally when element names might need to be translated. A chemical symbol is always capitalized, as in the preceding examples, unlike the full name of the element, which is never capitalized, even if it is derived from a proper noun, unless it begins a sentence.
Elements can combine (react) to form pure compounds (such as water, salts, oxides and organic compounds). In many cases these compounds have essentially one fixed stoichiometry (composition) and their own structure and properties.
Some -particularly metallic- elements combine to form new structures with a more variable composition (such as metal alloys) in that case it is better to speak of phases rather than compounds.
In general, a particular chemical can consist of a mixture of all of the above.
See also:
- Discovery of the chemical elements
- Abundance of the chemical elements
- Elements song
External links
- Multilingual element names
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Chemical element."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
simple:Classical elementSeveral ancient Classical Element ideas exist. The Greek version of these ideas persisted throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, deeply influencing European thought and culture.
Classical Elements in Greece
The Greek classical elements are fire, air, water, and earth. They represent in Greek philosophy, science, and medicine the possible constituents of the cosmos.
Plato mentions them as of Pre-Socratic origin, a list created by the philosopher Empedocles.
- Fire is both hot and dry.
- Air is both hot and wet.
- Water is both cold and wet.
- Earth is both cold and dry.
One classic diagram (right) has two squares on top of each other, with the corners of one being the classical elements, and the corners of the other being the properties.According to Galen, these elements were used by Hippocrates in describing the human body with an association with the four humours: phlegm (water), yellow bile (fire), black bile (earth), and blood (air).
Some cosmologies include a fifth element, the "quintessence."
The Pythagoreans added idea as the fifth element, and also used the initial letters of these five elements to name the outer angles of their pentagram.
Aristotle added aether as the quintessence, rationalizing that whereas fire, water, earth, and air were earthly and corruptable, the stars were eternal ("aether" is based on Greek for eternity) and were thus not made out of any of the four elements but rather a heavenly substance. The word aether was revived by early 20th century physicists as a term for the invisible medium which permeated the universe. The non-existance of aether was to lead to the downfall of Newtonian physics and pave the way for Einstein's theories of relativity.
Classical Elements during the Middle Ages
The idea of the classical elements was known during medieval times, and, like much Aristotelian dogma, composed a large part of the medieval world view. The Catholic Church supported the Aristotelian concept of aether because it supported the Christian view of earthly life as impermanant and heaven as eternal. References to the classical elements in medieval literature can be seen in the work of many writers, including Shakespeare:
- Thou hast as chiding a nativity
- As fire, air, water, earth, and heaven can make,
- To herald thee from the womb
- -PERICLES, from Pericles Prince of Tyre
- The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
- Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
- Awake the god of day; and, at his warning,
- Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
- The extravagant and erring spirit hies
- To his confine
- -HORATIO, from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Chinese Classical Elements
In Chinese Taoism there is a similar system, which includes metal and wood but excludes air. Different things in nature are associated with the five types. For example, the five major planets were named after the elements: Venus is metal, Jupiter is wood, Mercury is water, Mars is fire and Saturn is earth. Also the Moon represents Yin, the Sun represents Yang. Yin and Yang and the five elements are recurring themes in the I Ching, which is strongly related to Chinese cosmology and astrology. See Chinese five elements.
Some South Asian traditions also include the air, earth, fire, water distinctions.
Influence of the Classic Elements
The modern scientific periodic table of the elements and the understanding of combustion (fire) can be considered successors to such early models.
If one associates the modern term 'Plasma' with fire, the other three elements correspond with the modern concept of 'states of matter', this is to say 'Solid' maps to Earth, 'Liquid' to Water and 'Gas' to Air.
See also
- The Fifth Element
- Quintessence
- The four humours
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Classical element."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word element comes from the Latin word elementum meaning "the basic parts that are the foundations of something". The development of this word in latin was heavily influenced by the Greek word στοιχεῖον (stoicieion), the exact roots of which is unknown.
In the general form the word has its etymological meaning, but in other contexts the word has several other specific meanings, some of which are listed below.
See also: Elements
- The classical elements were believed for a long time (by the pythagoreans and alchemists for example) to be the building blocks of all matter in the universe, see: classical element
- In chemistry, an element is a material that consists of atoms with the same number of protons in the nucleus, see: chemical element
- In electronics, an element is any device (such as an inductor, resistor, capacitor, conductor, line, or cathode ray tube) with terminals at which it may be connected directly with other devices. It can also mean a antenna radiator (either parasitic or active). In circuitry, it can be used to specify a portion of a integrated circuit that contributes directly to the IC's operation. See: Electrical element
- In Morse code, an element is the dot or dash.
- In mathematics, an element is one object contained in a set.
- In XML, an element is a particular kind of grammatical fragment of an xml document. See W3C's Logical Structures.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Element."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In computing, an HTML element (instance) in terms of SGML is the complete sequence of a start tag (with attributes and their valuess), any embedded HTML content, and the end tag. A special case is empty elements that don't have contents and end tags. Due to the constraints of the DTDss, various parts, including start and end tag, may be omitted in HTML, but not XHTML.It is often misnamed "tag", in an ugly kind of pars-pro-toto.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "HTML element."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article is about sets in mathematics. See also
- Set (god) for the figure from ancient Egyptian mythology.
- Set game for the card game.
- Set (computer science) as datatype that is a collection of values.
- set (drama) discusses dramatic sets
- Small appliance
In mathematics, a set is a collection of objects such that two sets are equal if, and only if, they contain the same objects. A finite set is a set that can be put into bijective correspondence with a set {1, 2, ..., n}; the alternative is an infinite set. For a discussion of the properties and axioms concerning the construction of sets, see naive set theory and axiomatic set theory. Here we give only a brief overview of the concept.
Sets are one of the basic concepts of mathematics. A set is, more or less, just a collection of objects, called its elements. Standard notation uses braces around the list of elements, as in:
All three lines above denote the same set. As you see, it is possible to describe one and the same set in different ways: either by listing all its elements (best for small finite sets) or by giving a defining property of all its elements; and it does not matter in what order, or how many times, the elements are listed, if a list is given.
- {red, green, blue}
- {red, red, blue, red, green, red, red, green, red, red, blue}
- {x : x is an additive primary color}
Set Terminology
If and are sets and every in is also contained in , then is said to be a subset of , denoted . If at least one element in is not also in , is called a proper subset of , denoted . Every set has as subsets itself, called the improper subset, and the empty set {} or . The fact that an element belongs to the set is denoted .
The union of a collection of sets is the set of all elements contained in at least one of the sets
The intersection of a collection of sets is the set of all elements contained in all of the sets.
These unions and intersections are denoted
and
respectively.
The "number of elements" in a certain set is called the cardinal number of the set and denoted for a set (for a finite set this is an ordinary number, for an infinite set it differentiates between different "degrees of infiniteness", named (aleph zero), ).
The set of all subsets of is called its power set and is denoted or . This power set is a Boolean algebra under the operations of union and intersection.
The set of functions from a set A to a set B is sometimes denoted by BA. It is a generalisation of the power set in which 2 could be regarded as the set {0,1} (see natural number).
The cartesian product of two sets A and B is the set
The sum of two sets A and B is the set
- A+B = A×{0} ∪ B×{1}.
Examples of Sets of Numbers
- Natural numbers which are used for counting the members of sets.
- Integers which appear as solutions to equations like x + a = b.
- Rational numbers which appear as solutions to equations like a + bx = c.
- Algebraic numbers which can appear as solutions to polynomial equations (with integer coefficients) and may involve radicals and certain other irrational numbers.
- Real numbers which include transcendental numbers (which can't appear as solutions to polynomial equations with rational coefficents) as well as the algebraic numbers.
- Complex numbers which provide solutions to equations such as x2 + 1 = 0.
Special Remarks About Terminology
Care must be taken with verbal descriptions of sets. One can describe in words a set whose existence is paradoxical. If one assumes such a set exists, an apparent paradox or antinomy may occur. Axiomatic set theory was created to avoid these problems.
For example, suppose we call a set "well-behaved" if it doesn't contain itself as an element. Now consider the set S of all well-behaved sets. Is S itself well-behaved? There is no consistent answer; this is Russell's paradox. In axiomatic set theory, the set S is either not allowed (in the case of the Zermelo-Frankel axioms) or is considered to be a proper class (in the case of the von Neumann-Bernays-Godel axioms), and we have no paradox.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Set."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ELEM | English | Element | Computing, Electrical Engineering |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ElementSynonyms: chemical element (n), component (n), constituent (n), factor (n), ingredient (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | At home, in one's proper element. |
Bubble | Phrase: "the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip". |
Cause | Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support). |
Component | Noun: component; component part, integral part, integrant part; element, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member; (part); personnel. |
Content | Unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued; serene; at rest, snug, comfortable; in one's element. |
Disagreement | Out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with. |
Displacement | Misplaced, out of its element. |
Extraneousness | Noun: extraneousness; Adjective: extrinsicality; exteriority; alienage, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander; outsider; Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot. |
Facility | At home with; quite at home; in one's element, in smooth water; skillful;accustomed. |
Heat | Phlogiston; fire, spark, scintillation, flash, flame, blaze; bonfire; firework, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny; wildfire; sheet of fire, lambent flame; devouring element; adiathermancy; recalescence. |
MATERIALITY | Matter, body, substance, brute matter, stuff, element, principle, parenchyma, material, substratum, hyle, corpus, pabulum; frame. |
Substantiality | Noun: substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter; corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. |
Unconformity | Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element! (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) We have the element of surprise (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) Ah. One who wants to use the element of surprise (Freakazoid!; writing credit: Alan Burnett; Paul Dini) I like an element of danger (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) You blew the best thing you had going for you. You blew the element of surprise (The Italian Job; writing credit: Donna Powers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Human Element (1970) Out of His Element (1912) Element des Todes (1999) The Fifth Element (1997) David Jason in His Element (1997) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A tray of eelgrass turf and plugs ready for transplant. Eelgrass, Zostera marina contributes substantially to the health of coastal ecosystems. Eelgrass meadows provide shelter and spawning habitat for fish and shellfish and the living blades or leaves provide food for waterfowl like brant and Canada Geese. And eelgrass is a critical element of the Bay's detrital food web. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A B-2 Spirit in its element. |
 | Teamwork was a key element on National Public Lands Day. Credit: Scott Brayton. |  | Caption: Primary Battery, Crystallized Element Removed from Cell; May 22, 1913; {05.020/44} (jpg). |
 | Underway in Puget Sound, Washington, on 12 May 1943, after modernization. Note the greatly increased beam that was one element of this work. Credit: NAVY. |  | Nineteenth-century albumin print of a painted portrait. It depicts Commodore Levy holding a scroll inscribed "Author of the Abolition of Flogging in the Navy of the United States". The uniform seen in this image features four sleeve stripes, signifying the rank of Captain. Levy died in 1862, several years prior to the adoption of this element, indicating that the portrait was painted posthumously, possibly in the 1870s or 1880s. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Wall bracket for gas-lighting in the form of a rattlesnake, with lighting element in its mouth. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Highly probable mistake at the forthcoming Paris Exhibition, (where it is understood the aboriginal element is to be largely represented) / JG (?). Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Scrap metal piled at the yards of a large foundry of a machine tool builder. Scrap is an important element in making high-grade cast iron for machine tools. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The cream truck coming down the road represents one steady element in the new settlers' income. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Autumn Leaves (red/orange)" by Justin Baker Commentary: "Med. Closeup of a tree, (shooting into the sun) early autumn in Edmonton, Alberta. Shot taken on 35mm Fulji Velivia 100 transparency film. I dig the contrast between the complimentary colors in the leaves/sky. The sun created a nice framing element I tho" | "Stripes" by Jesse Braun Commentary: "Detail of a heating element." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | One element in the soul is irrational and one has a rational principle. |
Arthur Schopenhauer | Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. |
Daniel Webster | A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness. |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody. |
Karl Von Clausewitz | It is waste -- and worse than a waste -- of effort to ignore the element of brutality because of the repugnance it excites. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | But these Socialist and Communist publications contain also a critical element. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A grandeur ill constituted, in which all the material elements are combined, and into which no moral element enters |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The very air of this world, that pure element, becomes foul and unbreathable when it has been long enclosed |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But the dining out, being, as I have stated, a constant element, does not in the least affect a comparative statement like this |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Another key element in this scenario could be the condition of the capillaries. (references) | |
A positive relationship between patient and therapist is a critical element for patient retention. (references) | ||
Feedback to patients who test positive for illicit drug use is an important element of monitoring. (references) | ||
Business | Mass media are not subject to formal censorship from any element of government. (references) | |
Financial support is often an important element in evaluating offers in a tender. (references) | ||
The stock market proved to be a useful element in selling many state-owned companies. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Officials claimed that the station did not meet technical requirements for re-licensing and that there was no political element to the closing. (references) |
Korea | It is not known whether any Catholic priests, whose role is a fundamental element for the practice of the Catholic faith, remain in the country. (references) | |
Bulgaria | The legal requirement that groups whose activities have a religious element register with the Council of Ministers restricted the activities of some religious groups prior to or in the absence of registration. (references) | |
Economic History | Ireland | Economic and trade relations are an important element of the bilateral relationship. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The telecommunications sector has been the fastest growing element of the Saudi economy. (references) | |
Slovakia | Despite its modern European economy and society, Slovakia has a significant rural element. (references) | |
Human Rights | Morocco | The summary is admissible in court as an element of the evidentiary process and can carry great weight with the judge. (references) |
Singapore | Opposition politicians have called for the abolition of the ISA, but the Government has rejected these calls, claiming that citizens accept the act as an element of the nation's security. (references) | |
Pakistan | The Government has made no efforts to investigate the incident, and is unlikely to do so. Another related form of rough justice operating in the NWFP, particularly in the tribal areas, is the concept of Pakhtunwali, or the Pakhtun Tribal Code, in which revenge is an important element. (references) | |
Political Economy | Poland | Trade unions are also an element for foreign business to consider. (references) |
Israel | The economic cooperation element of the treaty includes agreements on free trade, investment, banking, industrial cooperation and labor. (references) | |
PAKISTAN | Fiscal Policy: A central element of Pakistan's economic reforms has been the effort to reduce persistent deficit spending by increasing revenues and controlling expenditures. (references) | |
Trade | Ireland | This development has led to the widespread adoption of ISO 9000 as one major element of the marketing mix for firms seeking to supply international manufacturers based in Ireland. (references) |
Argentina | If products have been manufactured with foreign raw material, or any other element that does not modify the nature of the product, it will still be considered an Argentine product. (references) | |
Argentina | At present 100 percent of what is manufactured on site has to be re-exported, an element of law 24,331 that the entity claims is stopping the free zone from fully functioning as such. (references) | |
Travel | Guyana | Foreign business travelers may be perceived as wealthy targets by the criminal element in Guyana. (references) |
Women | Croatia | This ratification represents implementation of the final element of the previous year's "Beijing Plus Five" platform on international legal instruments on women. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Many believe that these young women get involved voluntarily in prostitution; however, police confirm that there is an element of coercion involved in prostitution that involves organized criminal groups. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gary Condit | Well, some leaks may have some element of truth to them, and some leaks may not have any element of truth at all. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Kyoto treaty is just another element of advancing the agenda against capitalism. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights on one element. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | This new element of prosperity to that part of our agricultural industry which is occupied in producing the first article of human subsistence is of the most cheering character to the feelings of patriotism. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In every element of national resources and wealth and of individual comfort we witness the most rapid and solid improvements. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is 'less' perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | There is in the South a stronger feeling than ever among the intelligent well-to-do, and influential element in favor of the industrial education of the Negro and the encouragement of the race to make themselves useful members of the community. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Our main task at home this year, with energy a central element, is the Nation's economy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Element" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Element" is used about 5,587 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5,587 | 1,762 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "element": accessory element ♦ adaptive linear element ♦ addition element ♦ alloy element ♦ alloying element ♦ an element of risk ♦ AND element ♦ application Service Element ♦ arithmetic element ♦ association Control Service Element ♦ asymmetric characteristic circuit element ♦ asymmetric circuit element ♦ asymmetric element ♦ asymmetric element of a circuit ♦ attribute of an element ♦ basic element ♦ be in his element ♦ be in one's element ♦ be out of his element ♦ be out of one's element ♦ binary element ♦ blended grant element ♦ boundary element method ♦ chemical element ♦ Classical Five Element Acupuncture ♦ cleanable element ♦ code element ♦ collapsed element ♦ comic element ♦ common application service element ♦ common Applications Service Element ♦ comparing element ♦ compensating element ♦ component data element ♦ composite data element definition ♦ composite data element description ♦ contact element ♦ containing element ♦ control element ♦ crucial element ♦ daughter element ♦ destructive element ♦ detecting element ♦ devouring element ♦ digital switching element ♦ display element ♦ electronic data element directory ♦ element 104 ♦ element 105 ♦ element 106 ♦ element 107 ♦ element management system ♦ element mesh ♦ element of a cone ♦ element of a cylinder ♦ element of resupply ♦ element of service ♦ empty element tag ♦ essential element ♦ failed element ♦ failed fuel element ♦ failed fuel element monitor ♦ finite element analysis ♦ finite element modelling ♦ first element ♦ forward element ♦ guest element ♦ heating element ♦ identity element ♦ in his element ♦ in one's element ♦ in one's proper element ♦ licensed element ♦ logic element ♦ long interspersed nuclear element ♦ luminous element ♦ lumped element ♦ machine element ♦ Magnetic element ♦ majority element ♦ management information service element ♦ meta element ♦ metallic element ♦ meteorological element ♦ micro element ♦ MOS digital element ♦ network element ♦ out of his element ♦ out of its element ♦ pictorial element ♦ picture element ♦ plastic element ♦ qualifier data element ♦ ranked element ♦ remote operation service element ♦ remote Operations Service Element ♦ resonant element ♦ sampling element ♦ scanned element ♦ sensing element ♦ sensor element. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "element": element-self-expression. | |
Ending with "element": three-element, trace-element. | |
Containing "element": camp-response-element-binding-protein, camp-response-element-modulator, incompatible-element-enriched, incompatible-element-rich, lithophile-element-enriched, trace-element-rich. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
honda element | 2,272 | 76 element | 34 |
element skateboard | 782 | element silver | 33 |
element | 595 | 2004 honda element | 33 |
finite element | 527 | element honda picture | 32 |
the fifth element | 475 | element deck | 30 |
element k | 125 | element nickel | 29 |
5th element | 120 | element skate | 29 |
accessory element honda | 119 | platinum element | 28 |
element honda review | 112 | element fifth soundtrack | 26 |
element mercury | 88 | element 101 | 26 |
calcium element | 68 | photo shop element | 25 |
element iron | 62 | airship element filled hindenberg | 25 |
composed core earth element mostly | 58 | element gold | 23 |
element skateboarding | 49 | element fith | 23 |
element oxygen | 48 | club element | 23 |
heating element | 48 | copper element | 21 |
element clothing | 42 | periodic table element | 21 |
2003 element honda | 40 | element silicon | 20 |
neon element | 40 | element chart | 20 |
element table | 38 | element honda part | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "element"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | item (fragment, item, particle). (various references) | |
Albanian | element (cell, component, consideration, detail, factor, member, piece, unit), pjesë përbërëse (constituent, part and parcel), forcë e natyrës, faktor (agent, circumstance, consideration, factor). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقدار ضئيل (crumb, dab, dash, dribble, glimmer, hint, mouthful, nip, peanut, smack, trace, trifle, whit), مبادئ علم ما (abc, alphabet), عنصر كيميائي, عامل جبري, خبز القربان و خمره, المجال الملا ئم لشيء ما. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съставна част (component, constituent, ingredient, member, strand), стихия, електрод (electrode), елемент (cell, ingredient, member, strain, strand, streak, trait, unit), природна сила, поделение (detachment, division, outfit, ramification, section, unit), диференциал (differential, increment). (various references) | |
Chinese | 元素 . (various references) | |
Czech | zrnko (atom, grain, granule), souèást (component, constituent part), složka (component, constituent, constituent part, ingredient, part), prvek, pralátka, živel. (various references) | |
Danish | element (assembly, attribute, data item, elementary data item, field, item, section). (various references) | |
Dutch | element (cell, component, elemental substance, item, member, primary cell, wood element), bestanddeel (component, ingredient, part), beginsel (principle). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ero (fragment, item, particle), elemento, konsistigaĵo (component, ingredient, part), ingredienco (component, ingredient, part), fundamento (foundation). (various references) | |
Faeroese | støði (foundation, level), smálutur (detail, fragment, item, particle). (various references) | |
Farsi | محیططبیعی , عنصر, عامل (Agent, Doer, Operative, Potential), |
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