The lowest possible temperature, or absolute zero as it is called, is -459.67Â°F (-273.15Â°C). It is also called 0 kelvin, a scale with increments equivalent to degrees of Celsius, but which uses absolute zero rather than water's freezing point as its starting point. This is the point at which all atomic motion ceases.
The person who creates an organization or a company is known as the founder. Founder is also a verb meaning fail miserably, which is something a company's founder hopes the company will never do. To flounder is to struggle, but to founder is to sink like a stone and fail. Both are fun as nouns, not so fun as verbs. Continue reading...
ABAFT, signifies the hinder part of the ship, or that part nearest the stern. AFORE, is applied to any thing placed nearer the head than stern. AFT, that part of the ship from the midships to the stern. AFTER, is a term applied to any thing belonging to the aft part of the ship, as after body, after timbers, &c.