| noun | an abstract part of something “jealousy was a component of his character” |
| noun | 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 “spare components for cars” |
| noun | 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 |
| noun | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal “water is the element of fishes” |
| noun | one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe “the alchemists believed that there were four elements” |
| noun | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective “in your element” |
| noun | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
| compose | verb | form the substance of |
| factorize | verb | resolve (a polynomial) into factors |
| constitute | verb | to compose or represent: |
| elementary | adjective | of or being the essential or basic part |