n. 25B6; noun
an essential element of the local community : COMPONENT, constituent, part, section, portion, piece, segment, bit; aspect, factor, feature, facet, ingredient, strand, detail, point; member, unit, module, item.
there is an element of truth in this stereotype : TRACE, touch, hint, smattering, soupçon.
the chemical elements. : See list.
( elements ) the elements of political science : BASICS, essentials, principles, first principles; foundations, fundamentals, rudiments; informal nuts and bolts, ABC.
I braved the elements : THE WEATHER, the climate, meteorological conditions, atmospheric conditions; the wind, the rain.
Chemical Elements and Their Symbols
actinium* Ac
aluminium Al
americium* Am
antimony Sb
argon Ar
arsenic As
astatine* At
barium Ba
berkelium* Bk
beryllium Be
bismuth Bi
bohrium* Bh
boron B
bromine Br
cadmium Cd
caesium Cs
calcium Ca
californium* Cf
carbon C
cerium Ce
chlorine Cl
chromium Cr
cobalt Co
copper Cu
curium* Cm
dubnium* Db
dysprosium Dy
einsteinium* Es
erbium Er
europium Eu
fermium* Fm
fluorine F
francium* Fr
gadolinium Gd
gallium Ga
germanium Ge
gold Au
hafnium Hf
hassium* Hs
helium He
holmium Ho
hydrogen H
indium In
iodine I
iridium Ir
iron Fe
krypton Kr
lanthanum La
lawrencium* Lr
lead Pb
lithium Li
lutetium Lu
magnesium Mg
manganese Mn
meitnerium* Mt
mendelevium* Md
mercury Hg
molybdenum Mo
neodymium Nd
neon Ne
neptunium* Np
nickel Ni
niobium Nb
nitrogen N
nobelium* Nb
osmium Os
oxygen O
palladium Pd
phosphorus P
platinum Pt
plutonium* Pu
polonium* Po
potassium K
praseodymium Pr
promethium* Pm
protactinium* Pa
radium* Ra
radon* Rn
rhenium Re
rhodium Rh
rubidium Rb
ruthenium Ru
rutherfordium Rf
samarium Sm
scandium Sc
seaborgium Sg
selenium Se
silicon Si
silver Ag
sodium Na
strontium Sr
sulphur S
tantalum Ta
technetium* Tc
tellurium Te
terbium Tb
thallium Tl
thorium* Th
thulium Tm
tin Sn
titanium Ti
tungsten W
uranium* U
vanadium V
xenon Xe
ytterbium Yb
yttrium Y
zinc Zn
zirconium Zr
* radioactive