Element

Element often refers to a chemical element, a pure substance of one type of atom. An element is a part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.

It may also refer to:

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

• Element (UML), part of the Unified Modeling Language superstructure
• Adobe Photoshop Elements, a bitmap graphics program
• Adobe Premiere Elements, a video editing computer program
• Data element, a unit of data
• Markup element, a part of a document defined by a markup language
  • HTML element, a standard part of an HTML document

Mathematics

• Element (category theory)
• Element (mathematics), one of the constituents of a set
• Differential element, an infinitesimally small change of a quantity in an integral
• Euclid's Elements, a mathematical treatise on geometry and number theory

Other uses in science and technology

• The periodic table of elements, which catalogues the elements and their attributes
• DNA element, a functional region of DNA, including genes and cis-regulatory elements
• Electrical element, an abstract part of a circuit
• Elements (journal), scientific publication for mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology
• Heating element, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance
• Orbital elements, parameters required to uniquely identify a specific orbit of one body around another
• Structural element, in construction and engineering
• Weather, sometimes referred to as "the elements"

Philosophy

• Classical elements, ancient beliefs about the fundamental types of matter, expressed in their Aristotelian forms as fire, earth, air, and water
• Five elements (Japanese philosophy), the basis of the universe according to Japanese philosophy
• Mahābhūta, the four great elements in Buddhism, five in Hinduism
• Tattva, an elemental basis of the universe according to Hindu Samkhya philosophy
• Wu Xing, sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoism