MACROELEMENT Synonyms

• an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

• a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes

• something determined in relation to something that includes it

• (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

• an abstract part of something

• constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

• an abstract part of something

• an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

• any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

• the most favorable environment for a plant or animal

• one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

• the situation in which you are happiest and most effective

• a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone

• anything that contributes causally to a result

• an abstract part of something

• one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer

• a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

• any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

• an independent variable in statistics

• (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

• resolve into factors

• be a contributing factor

• consider as relevant when making a decision

• a chemical element required in relatively large quantities for the normal physiologic processes of the body.