元げん素そ

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

element; chemical element

Only when written 元素

Standard modern term in chemistry for a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances.

〈物もの〉を元げん素そに分ぶん解かいするto break a substance down into its elements
水みずを電でん気き分ぶん解かいすると、酸さん素そと水すい素その元げん素そに分ぶん解かいできる。
When water is electrolyzed, it can be broken down into the elements oxygen and hydrogen.
元げん素そが結けつ合ごうするelements bond/combine together
二ふたつの元げん素そが結けつ合ごうして新あたらしい化か合ごう物ぶつができる。
Two elements bond together to form a new compound.
新あたらしい元げん素そを発はっ見けんするto discover a new element
科か学がく者しゃたちは新あたらしい元げん素そを発はっ見けんした。
The scientists discovered a new element.
元げん素その周しゅう期き表ひょうthe periodic table of elements
学がっ校こうで元げん素その周しゅう期き表ひょうを覚おぼえさせられた。
We were made to memorize the periodic table of elements at school.

起き源げんN1sense 3
起源 is the standard modern word for 'origin' or 'source', while 元素 in this sense is an archaic, now rarely used equivalent.

原げん子しN1sense 1
元素 refers to a type of atom classified by its number of protons (like 'carbon'), while 原子 (atom) is the actual physical particle itself.
分ぶん子しN1sense 1
元素 is a pure substance made of a single kind of atom, while 分子 (molecule) is a bonded group of atoms, possibly of different elements.

From Chinese 元素 (yuánsù), originally meaning 'fundamental element' or 'origin'. The modern chemical sense was adopted in the late 19th century.

化か合ごう物ぶつ

化合物 is a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined, whereas 元素 is a single pure substance consisting of only one type of atom.

元げん素そ記き号ごう

chemical symbol; element symbol

native element mineral; native element

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