elements

«elements» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Parts or features that make up something: «the elements… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural of element (elements); also «the elements» (weather)

meaning for a pupil

1) Parts or features that make up something: «the elements of a story». tree →

2) (science) Pure substances made of one kind of atom each, such as hydrogen and carbon. tree →

3) «The elements»: the weather, especially wind, rain and cold. tree →

4) The basic, simple first parts of a subject: «the elements of grammar». tree →

5) (formal) Groups of people within a larger group: «rowdy elements in the crowd». tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah says that air, water and fire came forth in order, and the letters mix these elements to form the world. Later Jewish thinkers also saw the four elements as linked to the four letters of God's name. In the primary lessons: In English lessons, «the elements of a story» are characters, setting, plot and problem. In science, the periodic table lists all known elements. In stories and safety, «exposed to the elements» means out in harsh weather without shelter. Phrases: «the elements», «exposed to the elements», «the elements of», «braving the elements».

examples

• 30) Namely, with the two other elements. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 31 That is to say a different combination of the elements. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Note the order in which the primordial elements • were produced. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Hydrogen and oxygen are elements. tree →
• The elements of a good story include a hook and an ending. tree →
• The shed protected the bikes from the elements. tree →
• We learned the basic elements of drawing. tree →
• The climbers were exposed to the elements all night. tree →
• (formal) Police watched certain elements in the crowd. tree →
• There are many elements of difference; but the plainest is plain enough. tree →

note

Plural of «element». «The elements» with «the» usually means the weather. In maths, a set with 5 elements has 5 different members.

In the corpora

• Think of the elements as the letters of an alphabet: about a hundred letters spell out every substance in the world.
• Elements in the periodic table are in order of the number of protons in their atoms.
• The heat inside the Earth comes partly from when the planet formed and partly from radioactive elements slowly breaking down.
• Tiny traces of other elements, such as chromium in ruby, give corundum its colour.
• Your phone holds dozens of metals, among them lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «elements» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.