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---
title: <defs>
slug: Web/SVG/Element/defs
page-type: svg-element
browser-compat: svg.elements.defs
---
{{SVGRef}}
The **`<defs>`** element is used to store graphical objects that will be used at a later time. Objects created inside a `<defs>` element are not rendered directly. To display them you have to reference them (with a {{SVGElement("use")}} element for example).
Graphical objects can be referenced from anywhere, however, defining these objects inside of a `<defs>` element promotes understandability of the SVG content and is beneficial to the overall accessibility of the document.
## Example
```css hidden
html,
body,
svg {
height: 100%;
}
```
```html
<svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Some graphical objects to use -->
<defs>
<circle id="myCircle" cx="0" cy="0" r="5" />
<linearGradient id="myGradient" gradientTransform="rotate(90)">
<stop offset="20%" stop-color="gold" />
<stop offset="90%" stop-color="red" />
</linearGradient>
</defs>
<!-- using my graphical objects -->
<use x="5" y="5" href="#myCircle" fill="url('#myGradient')" />
</svg>
```
{{EmbedLiveSample('Example', 150, '100%')}}
## Usage context
{{svginfo}}
## Specifications
{{Specifications}}
## Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}