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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : el-uh-muh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl ə mənt |
Definition of element
Origin :- c.1300, "earth, air, fire, or water," from Old French element (10c.), from Latin elementem "rudiment, first principle, matter in its most basic form" (translating Greek stoikheion), origin unknown. Meaning "simplest component of a complex substance" is late 14c. Modern sense in chemistry is from 1813. Elements "atmospheric force" is 1550s.
- noun essential feature
- noun place where one feels comfortable
- It was an element of spasmodic conscience than he saw here, and it troubled him.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The other element in the story which Synge introduces into the play is equally true.
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- The one element Carlotta had left out of her calculations was herself.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The circumstances of war contain every element that can shake the nerves.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- In my opinion they are a ghastly nuisance; also an element of danger.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The man, trained so long in border war, was thoroughly in his element.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- It is an element which has no right to this country, except in a solid or vaporous state.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- There is only one element, which is the basis of everything.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- But with every stage of our journey he had developed, and now was in his element.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- The sliminess of the element utterly destroyed the mechanics of swimming.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
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