Meaning of the word elements in English

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elements

US /ˈel·ə·mənts/

Noun

1.

a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.

Example:
the death had all the elements of a great tabloid story
2.

each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter. Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.

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