See Also: idene(dictionary)

sliver (oh) and idene (iou)


sliver (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: slive 'to cut off thinly' (11-19 centuries), from Old English slifan]
a small pointed or thin piece that has been cut or broken off something
sliver of
::a sliver of glass
::a sliver of cake

idene (iou)



-idene suffix.
[from ETHYL)IDENE.]
Chemistry. Forming names of divalent organic radicals in which both valencies derive from the same atom, as propylidene.