The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
A small part of the whole.
A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
One of the objects in a set.
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.
A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
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.
An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
One of the entries of a matrix.
A general description of some subject.
A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
The outer shape of an object or figure.
A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
A preliminary plan for a project.
A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
A setline or trotline.
To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
To draw an outline of.
To summarize.