Director Peter Jackson, holding an Oscar The Oscar is an award that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an organization of more than 6,000 members, presents to celebrate achievements in motion pictures, also known as movies or films.
* Bis, a musical term and a little-used Interlingua word meaning encore, again, or twice (see Musical terminology#B). * Bis-, a prefix meaning two in some contexts of chemical nomenclature * bis, a suffix meaning second version (revision) of a standard (like the V.32 bis modem standard) Re: What does bis mean?
Letâs break this down: A chemical is any substance that can be defined by its atomic or molecular composition. That covers a lot of ground! Any element is a chemical, an element being any substance that can be defined by a single atom. Thus hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) are chemicals. Any compound is also a chemical, a compound being any substance defined by two or more bonded atoms. Thus water (H2O), consisting of bonded hydrogen and oxygen, is a chemical.