| 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 |
| photography / picture taking the act of taking and printing photographs |
| filming / cinematography / motion-picture photography the act of making a film |
| cinema / movie theater / movie theatre / movie house / picture palace a theater where films are shown |
| 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 |
| face card / picture card / court card one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
| gallery art gallery / picture gallery a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
| heating element the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
| Identikit / Identikit picture a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
| kinescope / picture tube / television tube a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |