Element or elements may refer to:

Science

  • Chemical element, a pure substance of one type of atom
  • Heating element, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance
  • Orbital elements, parameters required to identify a specific orbit of one body around another
  • DNA element, a functional region of DNA, including genes and cis-regulatory elements.

Mathematics

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

Philosophy and religion

  • Classical elements, ancient beliefs about the fundamental types of matter (earth, air, fire, water)
  • The elements, a religious term referring to the bread and wine of the Eucharist
  • Godai (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
  • Dravya, the six eternal substances of which the universe is composed, in Jain Philosophy
  • Wuxing (Chinese philosophy), sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoin

Technology

  • Element (UML), part of the Unified Modeling Language superstructure
  • Data element, a unit of data
  • Electrical element, an abstract part of a circuit
  • HTML element, a standard part of an HTML document
  • Markup element, a part of a document defined by a markup language
  • Structural element, in construction and engineering
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements, a bitmap graphics program
  • Adobe Premiere Elements, a video editing computer program
  • Honda Element, a car
  • Element (software), a Matrix-based chat application formerly known as Riot
  • Elements (toolchain), a software development toolchain

Business

  • Element by Westin, a brand of Marriott International
  • Element Electronics, an American electronics company
  • Element Skateboards, a skateboard manufacturer
  • Elements (restaurant), a restaurant in Princeton, New Jersey
  • Elements, Hong Kong, a shopping mall in Hong Kong

Entertainment

Music

  • Element (production team), a Norwegian production and songwriting team
  • Elements (band), a 1980s–1990s American jazz band

Albums

  • Elements (Atheist album) or the title song, 1993
  • Elements (B.o.B album), 2016
  • Elements (Ludovico Einaudi album) or the title song, 2015
  • Elements (Roger Glover album), 1978
  • Elements (Steve Howe album), 2003
  • Elements 1989–1990, by Carl Craig, 1996
  • Elements Box by Mike Oldfield, four CD edition, 1993
  • Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield, single CD edition, 1993
  • Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield (video), 1993
  • Elements, by Yoso, 2010
  • Elements, by Caliban, 2018
  • Elements, by Sister Hazel, 2020
  • Elements (Elaine EP), 2019
  • Elements (Ave Mujica EP), 2024
  • Elements, an EP by Vicetone, 2019
  • The Elements (Joe Henderson album), 1974
  • The Elements (Second Person album), 2007
  • The Elements (TobyMac album) or the title song, 2018

Songs

  • "Element" (song), by Kendrick Lamar, 2017
  • Elements, by A Band of Boys, 2002
  • "Element", by Deerhunter from Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?, 2019
  • "Element", by Pop Smoke from Meet the Woo 2, 2020
  • "Element", by Vision of Disorder from Vision of Disorder, 1996
  • "Elements", by Matt Corby from Rainbow Valley, 2018
  • "Elements", by Stratovarius from Elements Pt. 1, 2003
  • "The Elements" (song), by Tom Lehrer, 1959
  • "The Elements" (The Beach Boys song), 1966

Other entertainment

  • Elements (miniseries), a Cartoon Network miniseries
  • Elements trilogy, three films written and directed by Deepa Mehta
  • Elements (esports), a team in the European League of Legends Championship Series
  • Element (sports), the terminology of a distinct component of a performance

Other

  • Custom Denning Element, an Australian bus
  • Element (criminal law), a basic set of common law principles regarding criminal liability
  • Elements (journal), a scientific publication about mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology
  • Element Magazine, Asian men's magazine
  • Éléments, French political magazine
  • Elementy, Russian political magazine (1992–2000)
  • The elements, a term used to refer to natural perils such as erosion, rough terrain, rust, cold, heat, and disastrous weather

See also

  • and
  • and
  • Elemental (disambiguation)
  • Elementary (disambiguation)
  • Five elements (disambiguation)
  • Fifth Element (disambiguation)