adjective. The definition of vicarious is living as if through someone else or acting for someone else. An example of vicarious is when a mother who always wanted to be a dancer continually pushes her children to do ballet.
Tin is a chemical element. It is often obtained from a mineral called cassiterite (SnO2) and is extracted via cooking it in a furnace with carbon. It is often used as a protec â¦ tive coating on top of other metals (ex. tin cans [made from steel]) to protect them from rust.
the similarities between compounds and mixtures are that they are both made up of two or more elements and that they could both be separated and then mixed with different elements to make a new mixture and compound.The constituents of a compound can be separated only by  chemical methods.     Mixtures    Mixtures are impure substances.  They are made up of two or more substances mixed  physically.  The constituents of a mixture are present in varying  ratios.