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
In the water, their ideal element, I must say these animals swim wonderfully thanks to their flexible backbones, narrow pelvises, close–cropped hair, and webbed feet.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
And yet how perfectly did his genius divine that ideal element in our early New England life, conceiving what must have been without asking proof of what actually was!
From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell
But the moment it is admitted that there is a beauty of form independent of the ideal element, this theory can no longer stand.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer
In this shape, he represents the ideal element in things solely, and is our champion and our helper and we his helpers, against the bad parts of the universe.
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William
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