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2013, “Elements for Kids — Hydrogen”, in www.duckster.com, archived from the original on 15 July 2013:
Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.
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.
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Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!
1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 198:
Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.
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 element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
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1681, Tho Maunyngham, Two Discourses, London: Will Cademan, page 89:
hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions
Lehmann, R.G. (2011). "27-30-22-26 - How many letters needs an alphabet?". In de Voogt, A.; Quack, J.F. The Idea of Writing: Writing Across Borders. Brill. pp. 15–16, note 8.
(plural) fundamental principles or simpler notions of a knowledge system
(plural) set of natural forces (the weather, the sea, etc)
(chemistry) element, a simple substance that cannot be broken down into others by chemical methods
(biology) the environment in which a being lives
(idiomatic)trobar-se algú en el seu element ― to be somebody in the situation that best suits their tastes or abilities (an idiom, literally to be in one's element)
element(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)
element(one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
Czthyrzy zyvyoly... albo alymenta szą od czyebye stvorzony (elementa quatuor a te sunt creata), ymysz ma bycz zyvo wschystko stvorzenye. To sa ta czvsch ozm ozm alymenta: ogyen, zyemya, vylkoscz y povyetrze
^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “element”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “element”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “element”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “element”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “element”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
(obsolete,chemistry)element(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)
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), element is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 49 times in scientific texts, 12 times in news, 44 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 111 times, making it the 549th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “element”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 111
Further reading
element in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
element(one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
(chemistry)element(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)
element(factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result)
(engineering)A simple machine component occurring separately or as a whole on various devices.