στοιχείο

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)

  1. unit, element, cell (a portion of a whole)
    1. (chemistry) element
    2. (sciences, mathematics) item of data, piece of information
      Synonym: δεδομένο (dedoméno)
    3. (typography) letter, piece of type
    4. (electricity) cell, battery
    5. (statistics) subset of a population

Declension

  • γραμματοστοιχείο n (grammatostoicheío, font, fount)
  • στοιχειομετρικός (stoicheiometrikós, stoichiometric, adjective)
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