Main entry: component, element, constituent
Definition: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Usage: spare components for cars; a component or constituent element of a system
Main entry: ingredient, constituent, component, element, factor
Definition: an abstract part of something
Usage: jealousy was a component of his character; two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony; the grammatical elements of a sentence; a key factor in her success; humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
Main entry: element
Definition: the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
Usage: water is the element of fishes
Main entry: element
Definition: a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
Main entry: element
Definition: the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
Usage: in your element
Main entry: element, chemical element
Definition: any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Main entry: element
Definition: one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Usage: the alchemists believed that there were four elements