Glossary of Terms and Definitions

Potts, P. J. (1997). A glossary of terms and definitions used in analytical chemistry. Geostand. Newsl. 21(1), 157-161. 

CAC/MSIC 5-1993 (amended 2003), Glossary of Terms and Definitions (Veterinary Drugs in Foods), Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2003 (available at http //www.codex alimentarius.net/web/more info.j sp id sta=348 accessed 10/23/10). 

Because some of the terms used in this chapter will be unfamiliar to readers in the biological sciences, and because some of these terms have ambiguous meanings, even in common use, a glossary of terms and definitions is given in an appendix at the end of the chapter. It should be stressed here that these definitions are those of the author and may at times not be exactly the same as those in general usage. 

EIA. 1975. CRTs Glossary of Terms and Definitions. Pubheation TEP92, Electronic Industries Association, Washington, DC. 

Harris, T A, Rolling Bearing Analysis, Second Edition, Wiley, New York, 1984, p 508. 12.0.E.C.D., Glossary of Terms and Definitions in the Field of Friction, Wear and Lubrication, 1969, pp 52-53. 

Finally, a number of Supplementary Chapters describe important topics such as endotoxin testing, statistical analysis of experimental results and guides for the nomenclature of complex natural or semi-synthetic drugs. Supplementary Chapter III F describes the validation of analytical procedures and contains a glossary of terms and their definitions, such as specificity, accuracy, precision, detection limit, etc. 

Wherever possible, official definitions of IUPAC, ISO and other international organizations have been used, in particular in the Glossary of Analytical Terms compiled at the end of the book. However, uniformity could not be achieved in every case. In a few instances, special comments and proposals (characterized as such) have been added. Although progress in the field of harmonization of nomenclature and definitions has been considerable, some things still remain to be done. 

In order to keep the size of this chapter manageable, terms from fundamental colloid and interface science are generally not included here. Most definitions have been given in earlier chapters, and much more comprehensive sources for these definitions are available elsewhere. A good starting point is the recommendations of the IUPAC Commission on Colloid and Surface Chemistry [978-980]. For more comprehensive dictionaries and glossaries of terms in colloid and interface science, see Refs. [9-11,981-985],... 

Definitions always imply that limitations are imposed on the subject matter. This is very much true of polymorphism, which spans all areas of chemistry and some of mineralogy. In the case of molecule-based polymorphs, the safest approach is probably to consider polymorphic crystal structures as those leading to identical liquid (whether melt or solution) or vapour states. The definition becomes less clear cut in the cases of solvate species and of amorphous materials. Table 1 provides a basic glossary of terms that will be used throughout this chapter. 

This volume has just such a purpose. The first few chapters review the silanes and their derivatives in some detail, in order to provide an understanding of the fundamental chemistry of the nonsilicate compounds of silicon. The later chapters emphasize the silicone polymers which have achieved commercial importance and deal with the methods for their preparation, their chemical and physical properties, and their possible uses. The processes available for large-scale production are treated separately, and a review of methods of analysis is included. In order not to burden the text with definitions and explanations of nomenclature which might already be familiar to some readers, an extensive glossary of terms is appended. 

The EOF is influenced by factors that can change the zeta potential and hence the thickness of the double layer (S), which is related to the zeta potential (Eq. (4.2)) (see glossary of terms for symbol definitions) ... 

Appendix B Glossary of Mass Spectrometry Definitions and Terms.429... 

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