diluted earnings per share. An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of common stock.
inanimate - belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; the word `car' is inanimate. linguistics - the scientific study of language. animate - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; the word `dog' is animate.
Nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are chemical substances or materials that are manufactured and used at a very small scale (down to 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair).anomaterials are developed to exhibit novel characteristics (such as increased strength, chemical reactivity or conductivity) compared to the same material without nanoscale features. Hundreds of products containing nanomaterials are already in use. Examples are batteries, coatings, anti-bacterial clothing etc.