Element

Look up Element, element, élément, Elements, elements, or éléments in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Element or elements may refer to:

Science

• Chemical element, a pure substance of one type of atom
• Heating element, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance
• Orbital elements, parameters required to identify a specific orbit of one body around another
• DNA element, a functional region of DNA, including genes and cis-regulatory elements.

Mathematics

• Element (category theory), one of the constituents in general category theory
• Element (mathematics), one of the constituents of set theory in mathematics
• Differential element, an infinitesimally small change of a quantity in an integral
• Euclid's Elements, a mathematical treatise on geometry and number theory
• An entry, or element, of a matrix

Philosophy and religion

• Classical elements, ancient beliefs about the fundamental types of matter (earth, air, fire, water)
• The elements, a religious term referring to the bread and wine of the Eucharist
• Godai (Japanese philosophy), the basis of the universe according to Japanese philosophy
• Mahābhūta, the four great elements in Buddhism, five in Hinduism
• Tattva, an elemental basis of the universe according to Hindu Samkhya philosophy
• Dravya, the six eternal substances of which the universe is composed, in Jain Philosophy
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy), sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoin

Technology

• Element (UML), part of the Unified Modeling Language superstructure
• Data element, a unit of data
• Electrical element, an abstract part of a circuit
• HTML element, a standard part of an HTML document
• Markup element, a part of a document defined by a markup language
• Structural element, in construction and engineering
• Adobe Photoshop Elements, a bitmap graphics program
• Adobe Premiere Elements, a video editing computer program
• Honda Element, a car
• Element (software), a Matrix-based chat application formerly known as Riot
• Elements (toolchain), a software development toolchain

Business

• Element by Westin, a brand of Marriott International
• Element Electronics, an American electronics company
• Element Skateboards, a skateboard manufacturer
• Elements (restaurant), a restaurant in Princeton, New Jersey
• Elements, Hong Kong, a shopping mall in Hong Kong

Entertainment

Other

• Custom Denning Element, an Australian bus
• Element (criminal law), a basic set of common law principles regarding criminal liability
• Elements (journal), a scientific publication about mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology
• Element Magazine, Asian men's magazine
• Éléments, French political magazine
• Elementy, Russian political magazine (1992–2000)
• The elements, a term used to refer to natural perils such as erosion, rough terrain, rust, cold, heat, and disastrous weather

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Element and All pages with titles beginning with Elements
• All pages with titles containing Element and All pages with titles containing Elements
• Elemental (disambiguation)
• Elementary (disambiguation)
• Five elements (disambiguation)
• Fifth Element (disambiguation)

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