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?
Bismuth is a chemical element with symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Bismuth, a pentavalent post-transition metal, chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Elemental bismuth may occur naturally, although its sulfide and oxide form important commercial ores. The free element is 86% as dense as lead.ccording to the United States Geological Survey, the world mining production of bismuth in 2010 was 8,900 tonnes, with the major contributions from China (6,500 tonnes), Peru (1,100 tonnes) and Mexico (850 tonnes).