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element
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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element any of the four substances (earth, water, air, and fire) regarded as the fundamental constituents of the world in ancient and medieval philosophy. The word is recorded from Middle English (denoting fundamental constituents of the world or celestial objects) and comes via Old French from Latin
elementum ‘principle, rudiment’, translating Greek
stoikheion ‘step, component part’.
In late Middle English, elements denoted the letters of the alphabet; from this developed the sense of the rudiments of learning, the first principles of a subject.
From the mid 16th century, element (usually in plural) has also denoted the bread or wine used in the Christian Eucharist.
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FEA gap elements: choosing the right stiffness. (finite element analysis)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 6/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...precisely called interface elements, in their element libraries. Useful Features...parameter. If a finite element model includes gap elements that are defined with...model consists of two spar elements, a gap element, and four nodes. The...
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Elements in the eyes of a 4-year-old.(Through Another's Eyes)
Magazine article from: Gifted Child Today; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...numbers of the elements. I will name the element and you give me...know some of the elements' atomic numbers...give Mommy an element." Jumping up...there were only 109 elements. So, I said, "No, element 110." "Element...
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Element availability importance in generalized k-out-of-r-from-n systems.
Magazine article from: IIE Transactions; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of r consecutive elements; F = system failure...performance rate of element j; [a.sub...availability importance of element j; [Q.sub...of r consecutive elements); [G.sub...linearly ordered elements. Each element can have two states...
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Heating elements dictate life-cycle performance and operating costs of electric furnaces and ovens.(Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials/Composites)
Magazine article from: Industrial Heating; 3/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...replacement heating elements. Two heating-element designers with...time to replace elements. Higher furnace...necessarily mean shorter element life. Today...with 21 years of element design experience...electric heating elements have not changed...
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Selecting heating elements for electric furnaces and kilns: by understanding the different classes and characteristics of the most often used heating elements, users can be certain that they choose the right elements for their application.
Magazine article from: Ceramic Industry; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...choose the right elements for their application...electric heating element is the maximum element...that it makes the element life unacceptably...limitations of elements are given in terms...furnace atmosphere and element geometry. All types of electric heating elements share ...
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Elements make striking career [Corrected 05/02/08] ; Hobby a natural business for Walpole man
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...corrosive brown, liquid element - from sodium bromide...because many rare elements were virtually impossible...from 82 different elements. While there are still a few elements impossible for Hamric...but enthusiastic element-collecting community...
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Element Skateboards to Host First Annual Philanthropic Party Benefiting Elemental Awareness.
PR Newswire; 3/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...premier sponsors including Element Skateboards, 7x7 Magazine...designed to showcase elements of the urban world that...to a demonstration by Element Skateboards Team Riders...skateboarding. The four elements .- wind, water, fire...inspired the vision for Element's culture and innovative...
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Name that element!(OUR POPULAR MYSTERY SERIES RETURNS!)
Magazine article from: Science World; 10/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...CLUE NEVER LONELY This element can be found in seawater...combines easily with other elements to form compounds...ever seen the mystery element in its pure form until...a single atom of an element. The atom's mass...to organize Earth's elements, substances that consist...
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Finite Element Analysis: P Technology grows up. (Polynomial)(contains related article)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 9/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...has a general element library consisting of volume elements, shells, beams...and a quad element may have four...such adaptive elements geometric elements...to individual elements. An interesting...variation is that an element that was a plate...
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element 5 Exceeds Profit Goals in Second Quarter 2002.
Business Wire; 7/31/2002; 685 words
; ...global online marketing and consulting element 5 AG, a leading e-commerce specialist...significantly exceeding profit goals. element 5 increased sales by 117 percent from...These figures reflect the success of element 5's e-business model, which manages...
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Element, Chemical
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...reactions with other elements. Metalloid: An element that acts sometimes...classifying the chemical elements according to their...number. Synthetic element: An element that...Important Chemical Elements Percent of all atoms* Element Symbol In the universe...
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Elements, Formation of
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Elements, Formation of Elements are identified by the number...are over 80 naturally occurring elements, with uranium (92 protons...neutrons in the atoms of a given element varies. Heavy elements can be formed from light ones...
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Element, Transuranium
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...a transuranic element, is any of the chemical elements with atomic numbers...substances as chemical elements, uranium had been the element with the highest...realizes that the element is three mile...another series of elements that began back...
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element
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...properties of that element is called an atom . Many elements (e.g., helium...up an isotope of the element. All known elements have isotopes; some...Properties of the Elements Properties of an element are sometimes classed...
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transuranium elements
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...production of the element. Other research...the transuranium elements are produced by...certain transactinide elements may have relatively...an isotope of element 114 with mass number...three isotopes of element 114 that are claimed...Loveland, The Elements beyond Uranium...
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