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 |
Start (v. i.) To leap |
Start (v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. |
Start (v. i.) To set out |
Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened |
Start (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly |
Start (v. t.) To bring onto being or into view |
Start (v. t.) To cause to move or act |
Start (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position |
Start (v. t.) To pour out |
Start (n.) The act of starting |
Start (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm |
Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement |
Start (n.) The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action |
Start (v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. |
Start (v. i.) The handle, or tail, of a plow |
Start (v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. |
Start (v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. |
Start-up (n.) One who comes suddenly into notice |
Start-up (n.) A kind of high rustic shoe. |
Start-up (a.) Upstart. |
beginning start commencement | the act of starting something, he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations |
housing start | the act of starting to construct a house |
start starting | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning), he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital, his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen |
startle jump start | a sudden involuntary movement, he awoke with a start |
jumpstart jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor |
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 |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
kick starter kick start | a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body |
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 |
start head start | the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race), with an hour's start he will be hard to catch |
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 |
starting signal start | a signal to begin (as in a race), the starting signal was a green light, the runners awaited the start |
start | the beginning of anything, it was off to a good start |
flying start running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
kickoff send-off start-off | a start given to contestants, I was there with my parents at the kickoff |
racing start | the start of a race |
flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
start starting line scratch scratch line | a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game |
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 |
fresh start clean slate tabula rasa | an opportunity to start over without prejudice |
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 |
a beginning commencement first outset get-go start kickoff starting time showtime offset | the time at which something is supposed to begin, they got an early start, she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her |
get down begin get start out start set about set out commence | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action, We began working at dawn, Who will start?, Get working as soon as the sun rises!, The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia, He began early in the day, Let's get down to work now |