Synonyms: 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
Definition: something less than the whole of a human artifact
Usage: the rear part of the house; glue the two parts together
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: part, section, division
Definition: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Usage: the written part of the exam; the finance section of the company; the BBC's engineering division
Synonyms: element
Definition: the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
Usage: water is the element of fishes
Similar words: environment, environs, surround, surroundings
Definition: the area in which something exists or lives
Usage: the country--the flat agricultural surround
Synonyms: element
Definition: a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
Similar words: straight line
Definition: a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
Usage: the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
Synonyms: element
Definition: the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
Usage: in your element
Similar words: situation, state of affairs
Definition: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
Usage: the present international situation is dangerous; wondered how such a state of affairs had come about; eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation- Franklin D.Roosevelt
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: substance
Definition: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Usage: DNA is the substance of our genes
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: substance
Definition: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Usage: DNA is the substance of our genes