Classical element
GROUP OF FOUR ELEMENTS INTO WHICH ACCORDING TO ANCIENT NOTIONS ANY OBJECT MAY BE ANALYZED
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Classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Tibet, and India had similar lists which sometimes referred, in local languages, to "air" as "wind" and the fifth element as "void".