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Definition of Elements

1. Noun. Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements). "They felt the full fury of the elements"

Definition of Elements

1. Noun. (plural of element) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain. ¹

3. Noun. (pluralonly) The basic tenets of an area of knowledge. ¹

4. Noun. (pluralonly) The bread and wine of the eucharist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elements

1. element [n] - See also: element

Medical Definition of Elements

1. Simple substances which cannot be decomposed by chemical means. They are made up of atoms which are alike in their peripheral electronic configurations, their chemical properties, and in the number of protons in their nuclei. They may differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elements

Literary usage of Elements

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"Two m-classes with no elements in common are called conjugates. III. ... Every m-class contains not more than a finite number of elements. ..."

2. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"Every such figure is made up of various elements (points, lines, curves, ... and these elements bear certain relations to each other (a point lies on a line ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"And because of this fact that the elements constitute the basis and the beginning of all substances, it seems logical and fitting that we begin with the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"SCIENCE those below give the percentages of the elements. It will be noted that the even- numbered elements are in every case more abundant than the ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"The Chemistry of the Radio-elements. By FREDERICK SODDY, FRS, Longmans, ... Each of these elements is then taken up and its chemistry discussed in some ..."

6. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1883)
"... and which elements are in general connected by an equation of the form ds = (a + Ы) ал (a and b functions of x or s); and this signifies that to obtain ..."

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