---
tag: 0QM0T7T3PZ
kind: concept
name: Element
aliases: [member, membership]
msc: ["03E20"]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_of_a_set
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q379825
  wikipedia: Element of a set
---

## Summary

An element of a set is one of the objects that the set contains.
The relation "is an element of" is written with the symbol $\in$.