Element vs. Aspect: What's the Difference?

A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.

A way in which something can be viewed by the mind

Elements The basic assumptions or principles of a subject.

A characteristic or feature of something

A member of a set.

A particular look or facial expression; mien

A point, line, or plane.

Appearance to the eye, especially from a specific vantage point

A part of a geometric configuration, such as an angle in a triangle.

A position facing or commanding a given direction; exposure

The generatrix of a geometric figure.

A side or surface facing in a particular direction

Any of the terms in the rectangular array of terms that constitute a matrix or determinant.

The configuration of the stars, constellations, or planets in relation to one another.

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.

This configuration, thought by astrologers to influence human affairs.

One of four substances, earth, air, fire, or water, formerly regarded as a fundamental constituent of the universe.

A property of verbs in which the action or state is related to the passage of time, especially in reference to completion, duration, or repetition.

(Electricity)The resistance wire in an electrical appliance such as a heater or an oven.

A set or category of verb forms indicating such a relation.

Elements The forces that constitute the weather, especially severe or inclement weather:outside paint that had been damaged by the elements.

(Archaic) An act of looking or gazing.

An environment naturally suited to or associated with an individual:He is in his element when traveling. The business world is her element.

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

A distinct group within a larger community:the dissident element on campus.

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

A ground unit in an air force comparable to a platoon.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

A unit of an air force equal to two or three aircraft.

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

Elements The bread and wine of the Eucharist.

One's appearance or expression.

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.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

(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.

Prospect; outlook.

One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

(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.

The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.

(set theory) One of the objects in a set.

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

(mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.

(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

A small part of the whole.

(rail) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.

A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.

To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.

(Wicca) To channel a divine being.

(obsolete) The sky.

(obsolete) To look at.

(obsolete) Any one of the heavenly spheres believed to carry the celestial bodies.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.

A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.

Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.

A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

Prospect; outlook.

(in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.

The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.

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 influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.

(mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.

A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.

(astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.

To behold; to look at.

(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.

A distinct feature or element in a problem;

(obsolete) To compound of elements.

A characteristic to be considered

(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.

The visual percept of a region;

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.

The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

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.

The expression on a person's face;

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.

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.

One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

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.

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.

The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan.

One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.

The conditions and movements of the air.

The whole material composing the world.

The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper.

To compound of elements or first principles.

To constitute; to make up with elements.

An abstract part of something;

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

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;

One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;

The most favorable environment for a plant or animal;

The situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

A straight line that generates a cylinder or cone