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The word '''element''' comes from the [[Latin]] word ''elementum'' meaning "the basic parts that are the foundations of something". The development of this word in latin was heavily influenced by the [[Greek language|Greek]] word στοιχεῖον (stoicieion), the exact roots of which is unknown.
In the general form the word has it's [[etymology|etymological]] meaning, but in other contexts the word has several other specific meanings, some of which are listed below.
#The classical '''elements''' were believed for a long time (by the [[pythagoreans]] and [[alchemy|alchemists]] for example) to be the building blocks of all [[matter]] in the [[universe]], see: [[classical element]]
#In [[chemistry]], an '''element''' is a material that consists of atoms with the same number of protons in the nucleus, see: [[chemical element]]
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