Element
Encyclopedia
Chemistry, electronics, or the geosciences
- Chemical elementChemical elementA chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus. Familiar examples of elements include carbon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, copper, gold, mercury, and lead.As of November 2011, 118 elements...
, a building block in chemistry - Electrical elementElectrical elementElectrical elements are conceptual abstractions representing idealized electrical components, such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors, used in the analysis of electrical networks...
, an abstract part of a circuit - Heating elementHeating elementA heating element converts electricity into heat through the process of Joule heating. Electric current through the element encounters resistance, resulting in heating of the element....
, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance - WeatherWeatherWeather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
, sometimes referred to as "the elements"
Computing
- Adobe Photoshop ElementsAdobe Photoshop ElementsAdobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, targeted at hobbyist users and hence sold at a fraction of the cost of the professional product. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options...
, a bitmap graphics program - Adobe Premiere ElementsAdobe Premiere ElementsAdobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for nonlinear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements. In 2006, it was identified as the number one...
, a video editing computer program - Array data structure elements
- Data elementData elementIn metadata, the term data element is an atomic unit of data that has precise meaning or precise semantics. A data element has:# An identification such as a data element name# A clear data element definition# One or more representation terms...
, a unit of data - HTML elementHTML elementAn HTML element is an individual component of an HTML document. HTML documents are composed of a tree of HTML elements and other nodes, such as text nodes. Each element can have attributes specified. Elements can also have content, including other elements and text. HTML elements represent...
, a standard part of a HTML document
Law
- Element (criminal law), a basic set of common law principles regarding criminal liability
Mathematics
- Element (mathematics), one of the constituents of a set
- Euclid's ElementsEuclid's ElementsEuclid's Elements is a mathematical and geometric treatise consisting of 13 books written by the Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria c. 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates , propositions , and mathematical proofs of the propositions...
, a mathematical treatise on geometry and number theory
Music
- Element (production team)ELEMENT (production team)Element is a Norwegian record production and songwriting team, consisting of Hitesh Ceon and Kim Ofstad. Some of the latest productions of the team include two songs for U.K...
, a Norwegian production and songwriting team - Elements (Atheist album)
- Elements (band)Elements (band)Elements was an American jazz fusion ensemble founded by bass guitarist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb in 1982. Both Egan and Gottlieb were former members of the Pat Metheny Group, and Elements' sound draws deeply from their experience as Metheney's former rhythm section...
, 1980s–90s American jazz ensemble - Elements (Roger Glover album)Elements (Roger Glover album)Elements is the second solo album from Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. It was recorded in early 1977 but wasn't released until April 1978 on PolyGram Records. The album's main concept is based on the four elements.-Track listing:...
- Elements (Steve Howe album)Elements (Steve Howe album)Elements is the thirteenth solo studio album by guitarist Steve Howe.-Track listing:#"Across The Cobblestone" – 4:18#"Bee Strings" – 3:32#"Westwinds" – 4:31#"Where I Belong" – 4:17#"Whiskey Hill" – 2:02#"The Chariot Of Gold" – 3:25...
- Elements, Pt. 1Elements, Pt. 1Elements, Pt. 1 is the ninth album by the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius.-Track listing:A limited 2cd box was also released through the Stratoshop, and featured the following:-Info:...
, an album by Stratovarius - Elements, Pt. 2Elements, Pt. 2A limited 2 cd box set was released through Stratoshop and featured the following:LP track listing is as follows:SIDE A:SIDE B:-Personnel:* Timo Kotipelto - Vocals* Timo Tolkki - Guitar* Jari Kainulainen - Bass* Jens Johansson - Keyboards...
, an album by Stratovarius - The Elements (album)The Elements (album)The Elements is a special edition Post Trip Hop album produced by Second Person for and was released on 9 August 2007.This is the follow-up to the band's debut album, Chromatography, and was written by Julia Johnson, Mark Maclaine and Álvaro López at their studio in West London, UK...
, a 2007 album by Second Person - "The Elements", an unreleased song by The Beach Boys
- "The Elements" (song)The Elements (song)"The Elements" is a song by musical humorist Tom Lehrer, which recites the names of all the chemical elements known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. It can be found on his albums Tom Lehrer in Concert, More Songs by Tom Lehrer and An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer...
, by Tom Lehrer - Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield, single CD edition
- Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield (video), video/DVD edition
- Elements BoxElements BoxElements Box is a 4CD box set by Mike Oldfield released in 1993 .- Disc artwork :Each CD covers a different period of time in Oldfield's work and has a different cover; disc one's cover is red, depicting fire, disc two's cover is blue, depicting water, disc three's cover is also blue, depicting the...
, by Mike Oldfield, four CD edition
Philosophy
- BhūtaBhutaBhūta is a Sanskrit word that has several meanings:* true, matter of fact, reality, existing, present, being or being like anything, consisting of, mixed or joined with...
are five elements in Hinduism - Classical elementClassical elementMany philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything consists or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of anything are based. Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs...
s, part of a traditional belief system - Five elements (Japanese philosophy)Five elements (Japanese philosophy)One may encounter two kinds of five elements philosophy in Japan. One is called, in Japanese, gogyō , having its backgrounds in the Chinese five elements, and the other is called godai . Godai is usually regarded as a Buddhism term in Japan, with certain influences from Hinduism. The following...
, the basis of the universe according to Japanese philosophy - MahābhūtaMahabhutaMahābhūta is Sanskrit and Pāli for "great element." In Buddhism, the "four great elements" are earth, water, fire and air...
, Buddhist great elements - TattvaTattvaTattva is a Sanskrit word meaning 'thatness', 'principle', 'reality' or 'truth'. According to various Indian schools of philosophy, a tattva is an element or aspect of reality conceived as an aspect of deity. Although the number of tattvas varies depending on the philosophical school, together they...
, the basis of the universe according to Hindu Samkhya philosophy - Wu Xing, sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoism
Other
- Element by Westin, a brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Element SkateboardsElement SkateboardsElement Skateboards is a skateboard manufacturer and surfwear retailer based in Irvine, California. It is a subsidiary of Australian clothing giants Billabong International....
, a skateboard manufacturer - Elements, Hong KongElements, Hong KongElements is a large shopping mall located on 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is developed and managed by MTR Corporation through its subsidiary Premier Management Service.-Description and architectural themes:...
, a shopping mall in Hong Kong - Honda ElementHonda ElementThe Honda Element is a compact crossover SUV based on a modified CR-V platform, manufactured in East Liberty, Ohio and marketed in the United States and Canada from December 2002.-Overview:...
, a sport utility vehicle - Ola Moum, also known as "elemeNt", a Norwegian professional gamer
- The elements of bread and wine that are consecrated at the Christian EucharistEucharistThe Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
See also
- Elemental (disambiguation)Elemental (disambiguation)Elemental is the adjective form of the word element. In chemistry, it refers to matter composed of only one chemical element: graphite and diamond are both forms of elemental carbon....
- Elementary (disambiguation)
- Four elements (disambiguation)
- Five elements (disambiguation)