Part vs. Element
Partnoun
A portion; a component.
Partnoun
A fraction of a whole. t
Partnoun
A distinct element of something larger.
Partnoun
A group inside a larger group. t
Partnoun
Share, especially of a profit.
Partnoun
A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
Partnoun
3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
Partnoun
A section of a document.
Partnoun
A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
Partnoun
A factor.
Partnoun
(US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
Partnoun
Duty; responsibility.
Partnoun
Position or role (especially in a play).
Partnoun
(music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
Partnoun
Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
Partnoun
(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. t
Partnoun
(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. s
Partnoun
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Partverb
(intransitive) To leave someone's company; to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.
Partverb
To cut hair with a parting; shed.
Partverb
(transitive) To divide in two.
Partverb
(intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
Partverb
To divide up; to share.
Partverb
(obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
Partverb
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
Partverb
(obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
Partverb
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
Partverb
To leave; to quit.
Partverb
To leave (an IRC channel).
Partadjective
Fractional; partial.
Partadverb
Partly; partially; fractionally.
Partnoun
One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
Partnoun
An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
Partnoun
A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
Partnoun
That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
Partnoun
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; - usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Partnoun
One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
Partnoun
Quarter; region; district; - usually in the plural.
Partnoun
A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life; as, to play the part of Macbeth. See To act a part, under Act.
Partnoun
Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; - the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
Partnoun
One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.
Partverb
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
Partverb
To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
Partverb
To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
Partverb
To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
Partverb
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
Partverb
To leave; to quit.
Partverb
To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.
Partverb
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
Partverb
To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; - often with from.
Partverb
To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; - followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money.
Partverb
To have a part or share; to partake.
Partadverb
Partly; in a measure.
Partnoun
something determined in relation to something that includes it;
Partnoun
the extended spatial location of something;
Partnoun
so far as concerns the actor specified;
Partnoun
something less than the whole of a human artifact;
Partnoun
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
Partnoun
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
Partnoun
a portion of a natural object;
Partnoun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
Partnoun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
Partnoun
any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;
Partnoun
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
Partnoun
a line where the hair is parted;
Partverb
go one's own away; move apart;
Partverb
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
Partverb
leave;
Partverb
come apart;
Partverb
force, take, or pull apart;
Partadverb
in part; in some degree; not wholly;
Elementnoun
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Elementnoun
(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
Elementnoun
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
Elementnoun
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
Elementnoun
(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
Elementnoun
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
Elementnoun
A small part of the whole.
Elementnoun
Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
Elementnoun
A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
Elementnoun
The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
Elementnoun
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
Elementnoun
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
Elementnoun
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Elementverb
(obsolete) To compound of elements.
Elementverb
(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
Elementnoun
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Elementnoun
One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
Elementnoun
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.
Elementnoun
One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
Elementnoun
One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
Elementnoun
An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
Elementnoun
One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
Elementnoun
The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
Elementnoun
Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
Elementnoun
One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
Elementnoun
the conditions and movements of the air.
Elementnoun
The whole material composing the world.
Elementnoun
The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
Elementverb
To compound of elements or first principles.
Elementverb
To constitute; to make up with elements.
Elementnoun
an abstract part of something;
Elementnoun
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
Elementnoun
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;
Elementnoun
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;
Elementnoun
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal;
Elementnoun
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;
Elementnoun
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
