One of the objects in a set.
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.
The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
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 device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.