adjective. The definition of vicarious is living as if through someone else or acting for someone else. An example of vicarious is when a mother who always wanted to be a dancer continually pushes her children to do ballet.
Tin is a chemical element. It is often obtained from a mineral called cassiterite (SnO2) and is extracted via cooking it in a furnace with carbon. It is often used as a protec â¦ tive coating on top of other metals (ex. tin cans [made from steel]) to protect them from rust.
tin - a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide. atomic number 50, Sn. tin foil, tinfoil - foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.