element
Pronunciation: /element/
“element” is a Slovak word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- element (small part of the whole)
- element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
- element (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)
- element (factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result)
- A simple machine component occurring separately or as a whole on various devices.
- member; dregs (person or group with negative traits)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak element, from Latin elementum.
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