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 his language on this fundamental point he was perhaps too jealous of admitting an ideal element as implicit in the feeling of obligation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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 Elizabeth Atkins
He turned his eyes and saw her emotion, which greatly increased the ideal element in her expressive face.
From Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
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 F. P. Walter
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