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element

English

Etymology

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (a first principle, element, rudiment) (see further etymology there).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?l'?m?nt, IPA(key): /??l?m?nt/
  • Hyphenation: el?e?ment

Noun

element (plural elements)

  1. 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.
    • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
      The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
    1. (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.
    2. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
    3. (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
    4. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
    5. Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
  2. A small part of the whole.
  3. (obsolete) The sky.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 69:
      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!
  4. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  5. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
  6. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
  7. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
  8. 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.
  9. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

Synonyms

  • (in chemistry): chemical element, firststuff (rare, nonstandard)
  • (in set theory): member

Hyponyms

  • chemical element
  • data element
  • heating element

Derived terms

  • single-element

Related terms

  • elemental
  • elementary

Translations

See also

  • atom

Verb

element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)

  1. (obsolete) To compound of elements.
    • 1633, John Donne, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
      those things which elemented [love]
    • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist:
      elemented bodies
    • 1681, Maunyngham, Disc., page 89:
      thou art elemented and organed
  2. (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
    • 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:
      His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.

Related terms

  • transelement

Further reading

  • element in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • element in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

  • 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.

Anagrams

  • leetmen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.l??ment/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /?.l??men/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.le?ment/

Noun

element m (plural elements)

  1. element (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

  • elemental
  • element químic

Further reading

  • “element” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “element” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “element” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “element” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin elementum

Noun

element

  1. element.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Noun

element n (singular definite elementet, plural indefinite elementer)

  1. (set theory) element

Declension

References

  • “element” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (a first principle, element, rudiment), of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?e?.l??m?nt/
  • Hyphenation: ele?ment
  • Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

element n (plural elementen, diminutive elementje n)

  1. element
  2. (chemistry) element
  3. (set theory) element

Derived terms

  • elementair

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: elemen

Anagrams

  • leemten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin elementum

Noun

element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element or elementer, definite plural elementa or elementene)

  1. an element

References

  • “element” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin elementum

Noun

element n (definite singular elementet, indefinite plural element, definite plural elementa)

  1. an element

References

  • “element” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin elementum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?.m?nt/

Noun

element m inan

  1. element (component, piece of a larger whole)
  2. (derogatory) element (group of people)

Declension

Further reading

  • element in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • element in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French élément, from Latin elementum.

Noun

element n (plural elemente)

  1. element

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (Bosnian, Serbian): elèmenat

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /el?ment/
  • Hyphenation: e?le?ment

Noun

elèment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

  1. element

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

element n

  1. element; basic building block of matter in ancient philosophy
  2. element; a place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards
  3. elements; forces of weather
  4. element; an object in a set
  5. (mathematics) element of a matrix
  6. heating element, radiator
  7. (computing) element; object in markup language

Declension

Related terms

  • elementär
  • elementa
  • elementar-

Turkish

Etymology

From German Element.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?.le.?ment]
  • Hyphenation: e?le?ment

Noun

element (definite accusative elementi, plural elementler)

  1. (chemistry) element

Declension

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factor

English

Alternative forms

  • factour (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (a doer, maker, performer), from factus (done or made), perfect passive participle of faci? (do, make).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fækt?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?fækt?/
  • Hyphenation: fact?or
  • Rhymes: -ækt?(?)

Noun

factor (plural factors)

  1. (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
  2. (now rare) An agent or representative.
    My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
    • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
      What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
    • 1985 Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMW
      Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
  3. (law)
    1. A commission agent.
    2. A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
    3. A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.
  4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
    • 1863, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology
      the material and dynamical factors of nutrition
  5. (mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
    • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p.38:
      The first thousand primes [] marched in order before him [] the complete sequence of all those numbers that possessed no factors except themselves and unity.
  6. (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
  7. (economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
  8. (Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
  • subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
  • multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
  • division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Verb

factor (third-person singular simple present factors, present participle factoring, simple past and past participle factored)

  1. (transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
  2. (of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
  3. (commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

Derived terms

  • factor in
  • factor out
  • refactor

Translations

See also

  • addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
  • subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
  • multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
  • division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

Further reading

  • factor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • factor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factor.

Noun

factor m (plural factors)

  1. factor (integral part)

Further reading

  • “factor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch factoor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (a doer, maker, performer), from factus (done or made), perfect passive participle of faci? (do, make).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?k.t?r/
  • Hyphenation: fac?tor

Noun

factor m (plural factoren, diminutive factortje n)

  1. a factor, element
  2. (mathematics) factor
  3. (obsolete) business representative

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: faktor
  • ? West Frisian: faktor

Latin

Etymology

From faci? (to do, make) +? -tor (masculine agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?fak.tor/, [?fäkt??r]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fak.tor/, [?f?kt??r]

Noun

factor m (genitive fact?ris); third declension

  1. One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.
  2. (sports) player, batsman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • factus
  • factura

Descendants

References

  • factor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • factor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • factor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • factor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • factor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

factor m (plural factores)

  1. Superseded spelling of fator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French facteur

Noun

factor m (plural factori)

  1. factor
  2. postal worker, postman, mailman

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factor. Compare the inherited doublet hechor (cf. malhechor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa??to?/, [fa???t?o?]
  • Rhymes: -o?

Noun

factor m (plural factores)

  1. factor

Derived terms

  • factor productivo

Related terms

  • hacer

factor From the web:

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  • what factors affect climate
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