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combination, in business

(Encyclopedia)combination, in business: see trust. ...

combinations, in mathematics

(Encyclopedia)combinations, in mathematics: see probability. ...

(Encyclopedia)commerce, traffic in goods, usually thought of as trade between states or nations. Engaged in by all peoples from the earliest times, it has been carried on in some areas and by some peoples more than...

Charon, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia)Charon, in astronomy, the natural satellite, or moon, of Pluto. ...

Charon, in mythology

(Encyclopedia)Charon, in Greek mythology: see Hades. ...

chord, in geometry

(Encyclopedia)chord kôrd [key], in geometry, straight line segment both end points of which lie on the circumference of a circle or other curve; it is a segment of a secant. A chord passing through the center of a...

chub, in zoology

(Encyclopedia)chub: see minnow.

cocoa, in cooking

(Encyclopedia)cocoa: see cacao.

code, in communications

(Encyclopedia)code, in communications, set of symbols and rules for their manipulation by which the symbols can be made to carry information. By this extended definition all written and spoken languages are codes. ...

code, in law

(Encyclopedia)code, in law, in its widest sense any body of legal rules expressed in fixed and authoritative written form. A statute thus may be termed a code. Codes contrast with customary law (including common la...