Noun

(en noun)

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.

* (Benjamin Jowett) (1817-1893) ((Thucydides))

The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.

# (label) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

# One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.

# (label) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.

# (label) One of the objects in a set.

A small part of the whole.

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}

Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.

The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

A short form of heating element, a component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

(label) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.

* 2011 , Richard Wagner, Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies

The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.

Noun

(en noun)

A drawing or diagram conveying information.

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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.

a figure''' in bronze; a '''figure cut in marble

* Shakespeare

a coin that bears the figure of an angel

A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures .}}

The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.

He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.

* Dryden

I made some figure there.

* Blackstone

gentlemen of the best figure in the county

(obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.

* Law

that he may live in figure and indulgence

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

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A numeral.

A number.

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A shape.

* Francis Bacon

Flowers have all exquisite figures .

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A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.

The muslin was of a pretty figure .

A dance figure, a complex dance move^(w).

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,

A figure of speech.

* Macaulay

to represent the imagination under the figure of a wing

(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.

(Johnson)

(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.

(Grove)

(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.