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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Purpose is a result, end, mean, aim, or goal of an action intentionally undertaken, or of an object being brought into use or existence, whether or not the purpose was a primary or secondary effect. It is possible that an intentional act may have multiple purposes, only one of which is a primary intention while the remainder are secondary intentions. For example, the introduction of a gene into a species of rice may have the primary intention of providing resistance to disease and a secondary intention of reducing nutritional value. The diminished nutritional value, though perhaps regrettable, would be a secondary intention in that it is a known effect willingly accepted. First attested in c.1290, from earl Old French porpos "aim, intention", purpose is related to from porposer "to put forth," from Vulgar Latin corruption of por- "forth" (Latin pro- "forth") and Old French poser "to put, place". Purpose is related to the term pose used from 1374 as to "put in a certain position," or "suggest, propose, suppose, assume," a term use in Late Latin debating (c.300–c.700) from pausare "to halt, rest, pause". From Wikipedia under the
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Q. Sometimes, chemists want to do the structure activity study. They replace a hydrogen group with an acetylation group. What is the purpose to do this? To change the charge? Thanks! Asked by Nickee - Sat Apr 15 16:54:25 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I believe what your refering to is a "protecting group" it is used to protect a reactive functional group while another one is reacted. Answered by Scott and Jay - Sat Apr 15 17:00:30 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "purpose" Unsourced
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