· an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

Synonym(s): component, constituent, factor, ingredient

Hypernym(s): part, section, division

· 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"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

Synonym(s): component, constituent

Hypernym(s): part, portion

· 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

Synonym(s): chemical_element

Hypernym(s): substance

· the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"

Hypernym(s): environment, environs, surroundings, surround

· one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

Hypernym(s): substance

· the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; "in your element"

Hypernym(s): situation, state_of_affairs

· a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

Hypernym(s): straight_line