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Primarily denotes one hundred years, but occasionally used, especially in the context of competitive racing, to refer to something consisting of one hundred, as in a 100-mile race. Dozen: 12 A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) [2] Baker's dozen: 13
Any organic compound consisting of at least one hydroxyl group attached to a saturated carbon atom. Alcohols have the general formula R–OH. aldehyde A functional group and a class of organic compounds consisting of a carbonyl group attached to a hydrogen atom and any other R-group. Aldehydes have the general formula R–C(H)=O.
In Turkish, one way of forming compound nouns is as follows: yeldeğirmeni 'windmill' (yel: wind, değirmen-i: mill-possessive); demiryolu 'railway' (demir: iron, yol-u: road-possessive). Occasionally, two synonymous nouns can form a compound noun, resulting in a pleonasm. One example is the English word pathway.
A chemical formula is a way of expressing information about the proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound, using chemical symbols for the chemical elements, and subscripts to indicate the number of atoms involved. For example, water is composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom: the chemical formula is H 2 O.
each element of Y must be paired with at least one element of X, and; no element of Y may be paired with more than one element of X. Satisfying properties (1) and (2) means that a pairing is a function with domain X. It is more common to see properties (1) and (2) written as a single statement: Every element of X is paired with exactly one ...
There is an explicit function f that has been proved to be one-way, if and only if one-way functions exist. [5] In other words, if any function is one-way, then so is f. Since this function was the first combinatorial complete one-way function to be demonstrated, it is known as the "universal one-way function".
On one hand, mainstream blends tend to be formed at a particular historical moment followed by a rapid rise in popularity. On the other hand, contractions are formed by the gradual drifting together of words over time due to the words commonly appearing together in sequence, such as do not naturally becoming don't (phonologically, / d uː n ɒ ...
A deliberative assembly or other organization may form a committee (or "commission") consisting of one or more persons to assist with the work of the assembly. [2] For larger organizations, much work is done in committees. [3]