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(chemistry) 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.
- Something small.
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- A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
be in one's own
- 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.
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(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan at football matches.
- 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.
The in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
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- A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose and small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
- Something that envelops; a wrapping
- A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship.
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(geometry) A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.
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(electronics) A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.
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(music) The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.
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(computing) The information used for routing an email that is transmitted with the email but not part of its contents.
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(biology) An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane.
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(engineering) The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.
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