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Home Dictionary Name: molecular formulamolecular formula
An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance Thus the molecular formula for common alcohol ethyl alcohol is C2H6O meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms six hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom The molecular formula may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule in which case structural units may be written separately Thus ethyl alcohol can also be written as CH3CH2OH or CH3 CH2 OH in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol the carbon of a methyl group CH3 is attached to the carbon of a methylene group CH2 which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group OH A structural formula i...
Metameric
Having the same molecular formula but possessing a different bonding structure and different properties as methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds See Isomeric...
Molecular
Pertaining to connected with produced by or consisting of molecules as molecular forces molecular groups of atoms etc...
Molecularity
The state of consisting of molecules the state or quality of being molecular...
Enacting formula
Enacting formula, is the section of a Bill or statute which establishes the whole document as a law, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 24.Is a short formal paragraph immediately after the title and Preamble (if any) of the Bill, which set forth the authority of the body by which the Bill is to be passed, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 92 and H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., 1970.Is taken up for passing only when all the clauses and Schedules (including new clauses and new Schedules) have been disposed of, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, p. 92.Was adopted in 1954. It proceeds the clauses of the Bill, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001 p. 535...
Ether
Ether, means a class of organic compounds in which an oxygen atom is interposed between two carbon atoms (organic groups) in the molecular structure giving the generic formula ROR. They may be derived from alcohols by elimination of water, but the major method is catalytic hydration of olefins. Only the lowest member of the series, methyl ether, is gaseous; most are liquid and the highest members are solid (cellulose ethers). The term 'ether' is often used synonymously with 'ethyl ether' and is the legal label name for it, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th Edn....
monomer
The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight as amino acids are the monomer units which are combined to form proteins vinylic plastics are formed from monomers having a vinyl group...
CO2
the chemical formula for carbon dioxide a heavy odorless gas CO2 formed during respiration and by the combustion or decomposition of organic substances it is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis The formula itself pronounced out is often used instead of the full name especially with reference to fire extinguishers using this gas for fire suppression as a CO2 extinguisher...
Adequate and special reasons
Adequate and special reasons, in order to exercise the discretion of reducing the sentence the statutory requirement is that the court has to record 'adequate and special reasons' in the judgment and not fanciful reasons which would permit the court to impose a sentence less than the prescribed minimum. The reason has not only to be adequate but special. What is adequate and special would depend upon several factors and no straitjacket formula can be imposed, Bhupinder Sharma v. State of Himachal Pradesh, (2003) 8 SCC 551 (558). (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 376)--the expression 'adequate and special reasons'[ indicates that it is not enough to have special reasons, nor adequate reasons disjunctively. There should be a conjunction of both for enabling the court to invoke the discretion. Reasons which are general or common in many cases cannot be regarded as special reasons, Kamal Kishore v. State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 2000 SC 1920 (1925). [Penal Code, 1860, s. 376(2), proviso]Means t...
Coca derivative
Coca derivative, means--(a) crude cocaine, that is, any extract of coca leaf which can be used, directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of cocaine;(b) ecgonine and all the derivatives of ecgonine from which it can be recovered;(c) cocaine, that is, methyl ester of benzoyl-ecgonine and its salts; and(d) all preparations containing more than 0.1 per cent. of cocaine. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (v)](i) crude cocaine, that is, any extract of coca leaf which can be used, directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of cocaine.(ii) ecgonine, that is, laevo-ecgonine having the chemical formula C2H15NO3H2O, and all the derivatives of laevo-ecgonine from which it can be recovered.(iii) Cocaine, that is, methyl-benzoyl-laevo-ecgonine having the chemical formula C17H21NO4' and its salts. [Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955, s. 2 (aa)]...
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