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In 1786, the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier coined a term for the element oxygen (oxygène in French). He used Greek words for the coinage: oxy- means “sharp,” and -gen means “producing.” Oxygen was called the “sharp-producing” element because it was thought to be essential for making acids.
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con·tem·po·rar·y
/kənˈtempəˌrerē/
<em>adjective</em>
1.
living or occurring at the same time.
"the event was recorded by a contemporary historian"
2.
belonging to or occurring in the present.
"the tension and complexities of our contemporary society"
<em>noun</em>
a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.
"he was a contemporary of Darwin"
