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(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.

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