element : Idioms & Phrases

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chemical element

  • 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
    element.
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Communion elements

  • the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper.
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element 104

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized
    rutherfordium; unnilquadium; Unq; Rf; atomic number 104.
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element 105

  • noun a transuranic element
    hahnium; Db; atomic number 105; dubnium.
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element 106

  • noun a transuranic element
    Sg; atomic number 106; seaborgium.
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element 107

  • noun a transuranic element
    Bh; bohrium; atomic number 107.
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element 108

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    atomic number 108; Hs; hassium.
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element 109

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    meitnerium; atomic number 109; Mt.
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element 110

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    darmstadtium; Ds; atomic number 110.
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element 111

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    roentgenium; Rg; atomic number 111.
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element 112

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    ununbium; atomic number 112; Uub.
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element 113

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    Uut; atomic number 113; ununtrium.
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element 114

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    atomic number 114; Uuq; ununquadium.
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element 115

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    ununpentium; atomic number 115; Uup.
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element 116

  • noun a radioactive transuranic element
    ununhexium; atomic number 116; Uuh.
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element of a cone

  • noun a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base
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element of a cylinder

  • noun a straight line running the length of the cylinder
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heating element

  • noun the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat
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identity element

  • noun an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates
    identity operator; identity.
    • the identity under numerical multiplication is 1
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logic element

  • noun an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation
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Magnetic element

  • one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.
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Magnetic elements

  • . (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity . (c) See under Element.
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metallic element

  • noun any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
    metal.
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picture element

  • noun (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
    pel; pixel.
    • the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution
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Plastic element

  • (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form.
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plot element

  • noun a component or element of the plot of a story
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rare-earth element

  • noun any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
    lanthanon; lanthanide; lanthanoid; rare earth.
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sensing element

  • noun any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
    detector; sensor.
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threshold element

  • noun a logic element that performs a threshold operation
    threshold gate.
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trace element

  • noun an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes
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transuranic element

  • noun any element having an atomic number greater than 92 (which is the atomic number of uranium); all are radioactive
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Voltaic couple ∨ element

  • a single pair of the connected plates of a battery.
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