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The First Part , part 1, 2nd edition, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine,Untill our bodies turne to Elements:And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.", "(law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.", "(set theory) One of the objects in a set.\nSynonym: member", "(mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.", "Any of the teeth of a zip fastener." ] }, { "mean": "A small part of the whole.\nan element of the picture" }, { "mean": "A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.\nan element of doubt\n1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff." }, { "mean": "A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) The sky.\n1748, , “Letter LXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: S Richardson; , →OCLC:Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies." }, { "mean": "(in the plural only, with \"the\") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.\nexposed to the elements" }, { "mean": "A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.\nto be in one's element" }, { "mean": "(Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion." }, { "mean": "A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.\nYou sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches." }, { "mean": "(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments." }, { "mean": "A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.\nThe element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute." }, { "mean": "(mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.\nThe element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy." }, { "mean": "(astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit." }, { "mean": "(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.\n2011, Richard Wagner, Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies:The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) To compound of elements.\n1633, John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning\nthose things which elemented \n1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist:\nelemented bodies\n1681, Maunyngham, Disc., page 89:\nthou art elemented and organed" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.\n1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:\nHis very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "element in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. 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