Element

(ef-em-ent). In chemistry, a body that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances. The recognized elements now number about 73. See Table of Elements, on p. 416. The term is applied in biology to the ultimate microscopic structures of a ti ue. In electricity, one of the generating plates in a galvanic cell. E., Cla ification of, the cla ification of elements according to their atomic weights. See Elements, Table Elementary (el-e-men'-ta-re). Pertaining to an element. E. Cell, an embryonic corpuscle. Also, a synonym of Leukocyte, q. v.