Element (n.) 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. |
Element (n.) 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 |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything |
Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole |
Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber. |
Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed. |
Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered |
Element (n.) 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. |
Element (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression. |
Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based |
Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art |
Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question |
Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers |
Element (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire |
Element (n.) the conditions and movements of the air. |
Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. |
Element (n.) The whole material composing the world. |
Element (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles. |
Element (v. t.) To constitute |
Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn |
Trace (v. t.) A mark left by anything passing |
Trace (v. t.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis |
Trace (v. t.) A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists |
Trace (v. t.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. |
Trace (v. t.) The ground plan of a work or works. |
Trace (v. t.) To mark out |
Trace (v. t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded |
Trace (v. t.) Hence, to follow the trace or track of. |
Trace (v. t.) To copy |
Trace (v. t.) To walk over |
Trace (v. i.) To walk |
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 |
detector sensor sensing element | 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 |
explosive trace detection ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
trace | either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree |
trace detector | a screening device for traces of explosives, used at airline terminals |
tracing trace | a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
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 speech |
engram memory trace | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory |
trace program | a utility program that exhibits the sequence and results of executing the instructions in another program |
trace vestige tincture shadow | an indication that something has been present, there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim, a tincture of condescension |
trace | a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle |
touch trace ghost | a suggestion of some quality, there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone, he detected a ghost of a smile on her face |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
trace hint suggestion | a just detectable amount, he speaks French with a trace of an accent |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |
element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
element | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective, in your element |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
transuranic element | any element having an atomic number greater than (which is the atomic number of uranium), all are radioactive |
rare earth rare-earth element lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
bohrium Bh element atomic number | a transuranic element |
darmstadtium Ds element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
dubnium Db hahnium element atomic number | a transuranic element |
hassium Hs element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
meitnerium Mt element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
roentgenium Rg element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
rutherfordium Rf unnilquadium Unq element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized |
seaborgium Sg element atomic number | a transuranic element |
ununbium Uub element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
ununhexium Uuh element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
ununpentium Uup element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
ununquadium Uuq element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
ununtrium Uut element atomic number | a radioactive transuranic element |
element | one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe, the alchemists believed that there were four elements |
trace element | an element that occurs at very small quantities in the body but is nonetheless important for many biological processes |
decipher trace | read with difficulty, Can you decipher this letter?, The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs |
trace follow | follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something, We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba , trace the student's progress |
trace draw line describe delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface, draw a line, trace the outline of a figure in the sand |
trace | copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it, make a tracing of, trace a design, trace a pattern |
trace | make one's course or travel along a path, travel or pass over, around, or along, The children traced along the edge of the dark forest, The women traced the pasture |
hound hunt trace | pursue or chase relentlessly, The hunters traced the deer into the woods, the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him |
trace retrace | to go back over again, we retraced the route we took last summer, trace your path |