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?
Nature of a toxic substance. Definition of a poison. A poison is a substance capable of producing adverse effects on an individual under appropriate conditions. The term âsubstanceâ is almost always synonymous with âchemicalâ and includes drugs, vitamins, pesticides, pollutants, and proteins. Even radiation is a toxic substance.