element

Noun

• a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

• the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
  • in your element
    

• one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
  • the alchemists believed that there were four elements
    

• the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
  • water is the element of fishes
    

• 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

• 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
  • spare components for cars
    
  • a component or constituent element of a system
    

• an abstract part of something
  • jealousy was a component of his character
    
  • two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
    
  • the grammatical elements of a sentence
    
  • a key factor in her success
    
  • humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chemical element , component , constituent , factor , ingredient