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minor element

noun

  1. Geology. any chemical element found in small quantities in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare major element.
  2. Biochemistry. trace element.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of minor element1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences

State and federal lawyers for the Transportation Department both argued that the separate bike and pedestrian path would have been a minor element of the bridge’s design, one that the state said would have been used for only a tiny fraction of the 7 million annual crossings.

“History will pinpoint me as merely a minor element in an ongoing major event, a small if necessary energy,” he wrote.

Despite the title, the father’s words turn out to be a minor element; they only come into play late in the film and with unsettling resonance.

Vincent Munster, a virologist at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories who led the research on aerosolized coronavirus, said Wednesday it is possible aerosolized particles are capable of spreading the virus — but this could be a very minor element in the pandemic.

He believes that a love-it-or-leave-it debate over this squad will be so intense that the fact that he started it will eventually become a minor element.

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