Elemental (disambiguation)
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Elemental is the adjective
Adjective
In grammar, an adjective is a 'describing' word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified....

 form of the word element
Element
- Chemistry, electronics, or the geosciences :* Chemical element, a building block in chemistry* Electrical element, an abstract part of a circuit* Heating element, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance...

. In chemistry, it refers to matter composed of only one chemical element
Chemical element
A 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...

: graphite and diamond are both forms of elemental carbon.

The term "elemental state" is applied to elements that are usually found in combination with other elements such as metal oxides or ores
Orés
Orés is a municipality in the Cinco Villas, in the province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Cinco Villas. It is placed 104 km to the northwest of the provincial capital city, Zaragoza. Its coordinates are: 42° 17' N, 1° 00' W, and is...

: some copper is found in mines in the elemental state.

The adjective "metallic" is frequently used when the adjective "elemental" is more correct: "metallic sodium" is one in the same as "elemental sodium".

Elemental
Elemental
An elemental is a mythological being first appearing in the alchemical works of Paracelsus in the 16th century. Traditionally, there are four types:*gnomes, earth elementals*undines , water elementals*sylphs, air elementals...

is a creature formed entirely of one of the classical elements in mysticism, alchemy, mythology and modern fantasy fiction.

Elemental can also refer to:

Music

  • Elemental (Cesium 137 album)
    Elemental (Cesium 137 album)
    Elemental is the second full studio album by EBM/Futurepop band Cesium_137. Released in 2004 it was the first release by the band after a three year hiatus.-Track listing:# "The Storm" -6:17# "Atrophy" -4:52# "Frayed" -4:40# "Apart" -5:44...

    , the second album from American band Cesium 137
  • Elemental (Tears for Fears album)
    Elemental (Tears for Fears album)
    Elemental is the fourth album by the British pop band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 June 1993 and includes the hit single "Break It Down Again". The album peaked at #5 in the UK and #45 in the US, and reached the Top 30 in several European countries.Elemental was the first new Tears for...

    , a 1993 album by British pop band Tears for Fears
    • "Elemental" (song)
      Elemental (song)
      "Elemental" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. It was the title track from their 1993 album Elemental and was released as a single in the US.- Music video :...

       the title track from that album
  • Elemental (The Fixx album)
    Elemental (The Fixx album)
    Elemental is the seventh studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released in 1998.-Track listing:All songs are written by Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods.#"Two Different Views" – 4:12#"Going Without" – 4:30...

    , a 1998 album by The Fixx
  • Elemental (music group)
    Elemental (music group)
    Elemental is a hip-hop group from Zagreb, Croatia, featuring one of Croatia's few female rappers.-Discography:* Vertigo 2010 * Pod pritiskom 2008 * Male stvari, 2004...

    , a Croatian hip-hop group
  • Elemental (Loreena McKennitt album)
    Elemental (Loreena McKennitt album)
    Elemental is the first album recorded by Loreena McKennitt and vehicle with which she launched the Quinlan Road label. It was released in 1985. The album was recorded in one week in July, 1985...

    , a 1985 album by Canadian singer and harpist Loreena McKennitt
  • Professor Elemental
    Professor Elemental
    Paul Alborough better known by his stage name Professor Elemental is a steampunk and chap hop musical artist. After being approached to do a concept album of hip-hop as it would sound in different time periods, Paul Alborough created the character of Professor Elemental. While the album never...

    , a steampunk hip-hop artist
  • Elementals, a composition by Dave Brubeck
    Dave Brubeck
    David Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...

     for jazz combo and orchestra.

Fiction

  • Elemental (BattleTech), a type of power armor used by the Clans (BattleTech)
    Clans (BattleTech)
    In the BattleTech universe, Clans are fictional peoples.-History:The background fictional story of the Clans begins with the build-up to the 1st Succession War...

  • Elementals (comics)
    Elementals (comics)
    Elementals was an American dark superhero comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he was both writer and artist.It was a reasonably long lived comic series, and was published by Comico Comics...

    , a number of different comics titles and characters of the same name
  • Elemental, a species in the Mortal Kombat game universe
  • Elemental (The Chronicles of Riddick), a fictional race that evolved from humans in the film The Chronicles of Riddick
  • Elemental (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Elemental (Dungeons & Dragons)
    In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an elemental is a type of creature. Elemental creatures are composed of one of the four classical elementals of air, earth, fire, or water.-Publication history:...

    , a type of creature from the role-playing game (clearly based on the alchemical creature)
  • Elementals (Crash Bandicoot), a group of renegade masks from the video game Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
  • Elemental (video game)
    Elemental (video game)
    Elemental is an action-strategy video game developed and designed by Erick Dupuis in 1988. In this game, the player controls a green ball which freely evolves on the stage and which is pursued by two other balls...

    , an action-strategy video game by Erick Dupuis
  • Elemental: War of Magic
    Elemental: War of Magic
    Elemental: War of Magic is a fantasy 4X turn-based strategy game developed and published by Stardock, released August 24, 2010.Stardock calls Elemental "a strategy game in an RPG world." The game revolves around exploration, city-building, resource management and conquest, but also incorporates...

    , a turn-based strategy video game by Stardock
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