ideal element
Britishnoun
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As the lightest metal on the periodic table, and the one most eager to shed its electrons, lithium is the ideal element to make powerful, portable batteries.
From Nature • Oct. 27, 2015
On the other hand, to the poet who denies the ideal element in life altogether, the unifying influence of love is indispensable.
From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Atkins, Elizabeth
Yet there is not wanting an ideal element in his doctrine.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
He turned his eyes and saw her emotion, which greatly increased the ideal element in her expressive face.
From Desperate Remedies by Hardy, Thomas
The most serious defect of her poetry is also the most marked defect of her prose, and this is a want of the ideal element.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
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