elements

Meanings

Noun

• violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
  • "they felt the full fury of the elements"
• an abstract part of something
  • "the grammatical elements of a sentence"
• 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
• 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
• the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
• one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
  • "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
• the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
• a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
• plural of element
• The weather, such as wind or rain.
• The basic tenets of an area of knowledge, basics, fundamentals.
• The bread and wine of the Eucharist.

Synonyms

chemical element, component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient