In the twenty-first century, the word dandy is a jocular, often sarcastic adjective meaning “fine” or “great”; when used in the form of a noun, it refers to a well-groomed and well-dressed man, but often to one who is also self-absorbed. What kind of word is dandy? noun, plural dan·dies.Read More →
Definition of Negative Variances on Accounting Reports Negative variances are the unfavorable differences between two amounts, such as: The amount by which actual revenues were less than the budgeted revenues. The amount by which actual expenses were greater than the budgeted expenses. What does it mean if the variance isRead More →
Treatment for leukocytes in the urine depends on the cause and if there is an infection. For some conditions, such as a bacterial UTI, antibiotic therapy will clear up the infection relatively quickly. For more severe infections or those that will not resolve easily, more in-depth medical treatment may beRead More →
Something ingenious shows creativity and inventiveness. If someone compares you to Einstein, they’re implying that you, too, are ingenious. Ingenious comes from the Latin words for inborn talent. It started off meaning someone who was talented or incredibly smart, but has come to mean inventive, or clever. What is anRead More →
Some women might experience the first symptoms a week or two after conceiving, whereas others don’t feel anything for months. Many women may tell if they are pregnant within two or three weeks of conceiving, and some women know a lot sooner, even within a few days. How can youRead More →
The sine ratio is y/r, and the hypotenuse r is always positive. So the sine will be negative when y is negative, which happens in the third and fourth quadrants. Why is sin positive in second quadrant? Where’s sine positive? Since sine is the second coordinate on point P, it’sRead More →
Like zero, it is impossible to calculate Geometric Mean with negative numbers. How do you find arithmetic average? One method is to calculate the arithmetic mean. To do this, add up all the values and divide the sum by the number of values. For example, if there are a setRead More →
Valency is the combining capacity of an element. The total number of electrons in the outermost shell varies from 1 to 8 there for the combining capacity will always be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8. Therefore valency is always positive. What does the positive and negative number of valency indicate? the wordRead More →
Stains, or dyes, contain salts made up of a positive ion and a negative ion. Depending on the type of dye, the positive or the negative ion may be the chromophore (the colored ion); the other, uncolored ion is called the counterion. What type of stain is the Endospore stain?Read More →
That energy that’s holding the electron in must be overcome in order to ionize it. This reasoning can be confused with electron affinity, which is the energy released when adding in electron. This can be negative because some atoms (halogens) like to have an extra electron added, so energy isRead More →