plural of endogenous viral element

Viral DNA embedded within the genome of a non-virus organism which is left over from an ancestral infection which integrated viral DNA into the genomic heritage of the organism's ancestry.

(logic) A relation between two structures which have the property that every first-order formula is valid in one structure if and only if it is valid in the other.

(mathematics) Obtained by operating on one element (of a matrix etc) at a time

plural of finite element

plural of logical mechanical element

plural of element of surprise

(idiomatic) The strategic advantage afforded to a party when its opposition may be caught by surprise.

(category theory) A morphism from the terminal object to a given object (to which it is said to belong).

plural of global element