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pseudoelement

pseudoelement noun: an object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.

Noun

pseudoelement (plural pseudoelements)

  1. (Internet, Cascading Style Sheets) An object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.
  2. In a chemical formula, something that is called by a chemical symbol, but is not an element; e.g. Et may mean ethyl group, or Ph (or Φ) may mean phenyl group. (See "Skeletal formula § Pseudoelement symbols" on Wikipedia.)

Forms of pseudoelement

pluralpseudoelements

Origin of pseudoelement

From pseudo- + element.

Questions about pseudoelement

What does pseudoelement mean?
Pseudoelement means an object in code that behaves like an HTML element but is not a true element.
What part of speech is pseudoelement?
Pseudoelement is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudoelement?
The plural of pseudoelement is pseudoelements.

Words near pseudoelement in the dictionary

  1. pseudoelasticity
  2. pseudoelater
  3. pseudoelaters
  4. pseudoelection
  5. pseudoelections
  6. pseudoelement
  7. pseudoelements
  8. pseudoembryo
  9. pseudoembryonic
  10. pseudoembryos
  11. pseudoemotional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudoelement (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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