element

element is a 7-letter English word with 27 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
3. noun. One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.
4. noun. One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
5. noun. One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.
6. noun. One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
7. noun. An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
8. noun. Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former.
9. noun. One of the terms in an algebraic expression.
10. noun. One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
11. noun. The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
12. noun. Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
13. noun. One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
14. noun. The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire
15. noun. the conditions and movements of the air.
16. noun. The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury.
17. noun. The whole material composing the world.
18. noun. The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
19. transitive verb. To compound of elements or first principles.
20. transitive verb. To constitute; to make up with elements.
21. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: component, constituent

22. noun. an abstract part of something

    "jealousy was a component of his character"

    "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"

    Synonyms: component, constituent, factor, ingredient

23. noun. the most favorable environment for a plant or animal

    "water is the element of fishes"

24. noun. a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
25. noun. the situation in which you are happiest and most effective

    "in your element"

26. noun. 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
27. noun. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

    "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

Synonyms

component, constituent, factor, ingredient

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in element:

leetmen, telemen

Common word forms

elements, elemental

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