plural of element

Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain. / The basic tenets of an area of knowledge, basics, fundamentals. / The bread and wine of the Eucharist.

plural of elementality

The property of being elemental or elementary.

Instruction in the elements or first principles.

Synonym of elementarism (“the view that things are constructed from simpler elements”) / The theory that the heathen gods originated in the personification of elemental powers

(theosophy, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.

(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound). / Basic, fundamental or elementary. / Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.

(obsolete) To compound of elements. / (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.

(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.