στοιχείο
See also: στοιχειό
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon). Compare the inherited doublet στοιχειό (stoicheió).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiˈçi.o/
Noun
στοιχείο • (stoicheío) n (plural στοιχεία)
- unit, element, cell (a portion of a whole)
- (chemistry) element
- (sciences, mathematics) item of data, piece of information
- Synonym: δεδομένο (dedoméno)
- (typography) letter, piece of type
- (electricity) cell, battery
- (statistics) subset of a population
Declension
Related terms
- γραμματοστοιχείο n (grammatostoicheío, “font, fount”)
- στοιχειομετρικός (stoicheiometrikós, “stoichiometric”, adjective)
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