Element vs. Property — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Element and Property
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Element
A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.
Property
Property (Latin: Res Privata) in the abstract is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing. In the context of this article, it is one or more components (rather than attributes), whether physical or incorporeal, of a person's estate; or so belonging to, as in being owned by, a person or jointly a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation or even a society.
Element
Elements The basic assumptions or principles of a subject.
Property
Something owned; a possession.
Element
A member of a set.
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Property
A piece of real estate
Has a swimming pool on the property.
Element
A point, line, or plane.
Property
Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title
Properties such as copyrights and trademarks.
Element
A part of a geometric configuration, such as an angle in a triangle.
Property
Something tangible or intangible, such as a claim or a right, in which a person has a legally cognizable, compensable interest.
Element
The generatrix of a geometric figure.
Property
Possessions considered as a group
Moved with all his property.
Element
Any of the terms in the rectangular array of terms that constitute a matrix or determinant.
Property
A theatrical prop.
Element
Chemistry & Physics A substance composed of atoms having an identical number of protons in each nucleus. Elements cannot be reduced to simpler substances by normal chemical means. See Periodic Table.
Property
An attribute, characteristic, or quality
A compound with anti-inflammatory properties.
Element
One of four substances, earth, air, fire, or water, formerly regarded as a fundamental constituent of the universe.
Property
Something that is owned.
Leave those books alone! They are my property.
Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).
Element
(Electricity)The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven.
Property
A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
There is a large house on the property.
Element
Elements The forces that constitute the weather, especially severe or inclement weather:outside paint that had been damaged by the elements.
Property
(British) Real estate; the business of selling houses.
He works in property as a housing consultant.
Element
An environment naturally suited to or associated with an individual:He is in his element when traveling. The business world is her element.
Property
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
Element
A distinct group within a larger community:the dissident element on campus.
Property
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
Charm is his most endearing property.
Element
A ground unit in an air force comparable to a platoon.
Property
An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.
Element
A unit of an air force equal to two or three aircraft.
Property
(computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.
You need to set the debugging property to "verbose".
Element
Elements The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
Property
A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking.
Element
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Letters are the elements of written language.
Property
(US) A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
Element
(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.
Property
A produced stage play, movie, or the like.
Element
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
Property
(obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
Element
A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
Property
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
Element
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
Property
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
Element
(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
Property
That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.
Property is correctly a synonym for peculiar quality; but it is frequently used as coextensive with quality in general.
Element
(mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
Property
An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.
Element
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
Property
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.
Here I disclaim all my paternal care,Propinquity and property of blood.
Shall man assume a property in man?
Element
A small part of the whole.
An element of the picture
Property
That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.
Element
A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
An element of doubt
Property
All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
I will draw a bill of properties.
Element
A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
Property
Propriety; correctness.
Element
(obsolete) The sky.
Property
To invest which properties, or qualities.
Element
(obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.
Property
To make a property of; to appropriate.
They have here propertied me.
Element
Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
Exposed to the elements
Property
Any area set aside for a particular purpose;
Who owns this place?
The president was concerned about the property across from the White House
Element
A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
To be in one's element
Property
Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
That hat is my property
He is a man of property
Element
The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
Property
A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class;
A study of the physical properties of atomic particles
Element
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
Property
A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;
Self-confidence is not an endearing property
Element
(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
Property
Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie;
Before every scene he ran down his checklist of props
Element
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
Element
(mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.
Element
(astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
Element
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Element
(obsolete) To compound of elements.
Element
(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
Element
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Element
One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
Element
One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.
The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.
Element
One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.
Element
One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
Element
An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential.
Element
One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
Element
The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
Element
Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.
Element
One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
Of elementsThe grosser feeds the purer: Earth the Sea;Earth and the Sea feed Air; the Air those FiresEthereal.
Does not our life consist of the four elements?
And the complexion of the element [i. e.,the sky or air]In favor's like the work we have in hand,Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible.
About twelve ounces [of food], with mere element for drink.
They show that they are out of their element.
Element
The conditions and movements of the air.
Element
The whole material composing the world.
The elements shall melt with fervent heat.
Element
The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.
Element
To compound of elements or first principles.
Element
To constitute; to make up with elements.
His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.
Element
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
Element
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
Element
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
Element
One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;
The alchemists believed that there were four elements
Element
The most favorable environment for a plant or animal;
Water is the element of fishes
Element
The situation in which you are happiest and most effective;
In your element
Element
A straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
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