element
- noun
- /ˈɛlɪmənt/
- There are several essential elements of a successful business plan.
- a key element
- an essential element
- an important element
And this brings us to another key element, freedom.
- And this brings us to another key element, freedom.
- So I think that there are three elements to becoming rich.
- And then maybe some design elements under here.
- And of course the third element is his songwriting.
- She said that he was a disturbing element in her classroom.
- It had every single element I love.
- That inconsistent reward is a key element of the trauma bond.
- And and if one of those elements is is too loud.
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This is a key element in Jewish law.
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Lesson number five focused on the story elements, which also helped focus on comprehension.
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And all of those things are elements of change.
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And this brings us to another key element, freedom.
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So I think that there are three elements to becoming rich.
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Now, let's talk about some of the key elements of this particular network.
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More research is needed to determine how these elements should work together to facilitate learning.
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Standards and the assessment of standards are common elements across schools in the accountability era.
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Even though all of these critical elements seem logical, they are not easy to accomplish.
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A selected environment is one composed of the elements that an individual chooses and acts upon.
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Synonyms
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
A thing that helps cause a result
A part of something larger, like a machine or system
A part that helps make something happen or succeed, like trust in a team
A part of something that is needed for the whole to work
The most important part of something, often in a recipe or plan
A thing you need for a recipe, process, or result to work
A single piece that makes up a larger object
An important thing needed for something to work or succeed
A smaller part of a larger machine or system
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A very small amount of a metal or mineral the body needs to stay healthy
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A pure substance made of atoms that all have the same number of protons, like oxygen or gold
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A metal part inside a kettle, oven, or heater that gets hot to make things warm
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A natural substance, usually shiny, that lets electricity pass through it and can be shaped into sheets or wires
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A man-made radioactive element with atomic number 115 called moscovium
A fictional substance said to give great power in stories and games, not the real chemical element
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A type of atom like carbon, silicon, tin, or lead found in Group 14 of the periodic table
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A radioactive metal with atomic number 104 that scientists make in labs and that does not occur in nature
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A very heavy radioactive metal made by scientists with atomic number 109
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A man-made radioactive element with atomic number 110 called darmstadtium
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A very heavy radioactive metal made in labs that has very unstable atoms
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A radioactive element made in a lab named nihonium with the number 113 that lasts only a short time
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A radioactive, unstable metal that scientists make with atomic number 114 called flerovium
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A heavy element with number 116 made by people that is radioactive and called livermorium
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A small electronic part that makes a simple choice, like an AND or OR gate
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A set of elements like carbon and silicon that behave alike in chemistry
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An element that leaves other elements unchanged when used with an operation, like 0 for addition or 1 for multiplication
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A metal such as cobalt or nickel that has properties similar to other metals in the same group
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A device that detects heat, light, pressure, or movement and produces a signal
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A part of a circuit that gives an output only when the input reaches a set level
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A chemical element that has a higher atomic number than uranium and is radioactive
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Element comes from Latin elementum, meaning a 'basic part', so an element of a machine or idea is one of its simple, necessary parts, like a small building block.