element

Example Sentences

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Volatile elements such as water and nitrogen could help sustain long-term human activity on the moon, reducing the need to ship supplies from Earth and making future exploration more practical.

From Science Daily

The mission was the culmination of months of secretive planning—and a series of mixed signals—that allowed the U.S. to preserve the element of surprise, even though the attack at times seemed inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Depending on how they are stimulated, the same device can act as a memory element, a logic gate, a selector, an analog processor, or an electronic synapse.

From Science Daily

They wanted to maximise the element of surprise, officials said on Saturday.

From BBC

Groundwater in these communities is contaminated with salt and naturally occurring radioactive elements.

From Salon