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ether, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ethers ether, any of a number of organic compounds whose molecules contain two hydrocarbon groups joined by single bonds to an oxygen atom. The most common of these compounds…

Brewer's: Two Fridays

When two Fridays come together. Never (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Two Gentlemen of VeronaTwo Eyes of Greece A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

stock, in finance

(Encyclopedia) stock, in finance, instrument certifying to shares in the ownership of a corporation. Bonds are similar evidences of shares in a loan to a corporation. Stock yields no dividends until…

valence, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia) valence, combining capacity of an atom expressed as the number of single bonds the atom can form or the number of electrons an element gives up or accepts when reacting to form a…

gentlemen's agreement

(Encyclopedia) gentlemen's agreement, in U.S. history, an agreement between the United States and Japan in 1907 that Japan should stop the emigration of its laborers to the United States and that the…