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Amalgam: An alloy that contains mercury.

Amalgamated Compound: A word originally formed from a compound, but whose form is no longer clearly connected to its origin, such as the word not--originally compounded from Anglo-Saxon na-wiht (no whit').

Oxford English Dictionary: This fat, twelve+ volume work functions as an historical dictionary of English. It is generally considered the most authoritative and scholarly dictionary of English available--with nearly 3 . . . View Full Definition

Patrologia Latina: A famous (or perhaps infamous) scholarly collection of 228+ fat volumes of biblical and theological commentary that has been both a boon and bane to twentieth-century medieval scholarship. T . . . View Full Definition

Wên And Wu: The two main classes of traditional Chinese drama: civil (wên) and martial (wu). The 'script' of these plays is more like a roughly outlined scenario than an actual dramatic text as western . . . View Full Definition

Multiple-Step Income Statement (Multi-Step): An income statement (Profit and Loss ) which has had its revenue section split up into sub-sections in order to give a more detailed view of its sales operations. Example: a company sells se . . . View Full Definition

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX): Established in 1987 following the amalgamation of the six independent stock exchanges operating in the Australian state capitals. The ASX is the tenth-largest stock exchange in the world on . . . View Full Definition

Rubidium (Rb): Atomic number: 37, Atomic mass: 85.4678 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 0.8, Density: 1.53 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 39 °C, Boiling point: 696 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.243 nm, Ionic radiu . . . View Full Definition

Thallium (Tl): Atomic number: 81, Atomic mass: 204.383 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.8, Density: 11.71 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 304 °C, Boiling point: 1473 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.182 nm, Ionic ra . . . View Full Definition

Tin (Sn): Atomic number: 50, Atomic mass: 118.69 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.8, Density: 5.77g.cm-3 (alpha) and 7.3 g.cm-3 at 20°C (beta), Melting point: 232 °C, Boiling point: 2270 °C, Vanderwaals . . . View Full Definition