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element
A	noun
	1	component, constituent, element
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚part; portion ╚component, constituent, element ╚pixel; pel; picture element ╚module ╚makings ╚landside ╚ingredient ╚heating element ╚hardware; computer hardware ╚crystal ╚auto part; car part ╚audio ╚addition; add-on; improver ╚accessory; appurtenance; supplement; add-on
	2	component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
			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 s
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚part; section; division ╚component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient ╚be-all and end-all; be all and end all ╚point
	3	element
			the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚environment; environs; surroundings; surround ╚element
	4	element
			a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚line ╚straight line ╚element ╚element of a cylinder ╚element of a cone
	5	element
			the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; "in your element"
		Category Tree: state ╚situation; state of affairs ╚element
	6	chemical element, element
			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
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚chemical element, element ╚bromine; Br; atomic number 35 ╚boron; B; atomic number 5 ╚astatine; At; atomic number 85 ╚arsenic; As; atomic number 33 ╚argon; Ar; atomic number 18 ╚actinium; Ac; atomic number 89 ╚transactinide ╚nonmetal ╚metallic element; metal ╚noble gas; inert gas; argonon ╚transuranic element ╚allotrope
	7	element
			one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚element ╚water ╚quintessence; ether ╚earth ╚fire ╚air

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