building block

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These interactions are thought to have played a major role in shaping the early Solar System and may have contributed to the delivery of life's building blocks to Earth.

From Science Daily

Naphtha, ethane and propane are the building blocks of plastics.

From The Wall Street Journal

They break down large molecules into simpler building blocks that the cell can reuse.

From Science Daily

These common particles are composed of three quarks, which are fundamental building blocks of matter.

From Barron's

Psyche and other main belt asteroids are thought to be leftover building blocks from planet formation.

From Science Daily