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element

Noun B1 – Intermediate

A basic substance made of only one type of atom, or more generally, one part of something larger.

"Gold and oxygen are both examples of chemical elements."

In chemistry, "element" has a very specific meaning; in everyday speech it can also just mean one part of something, as in "an element of surprise".

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