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Man turned up with sentry, polishing off the odd half
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moiety
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: mediety ] one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
Wikipedia
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In organic chemistry moiety is a term used for part of a molecule. Larger moieties are often functional groups . A functional group is a moiety that participates in similar chemical reactions in most molecules that contain it. In turn the parts of the group ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Controversy exists as to the nature of the toxic moiety within gliadin. ▪ Experimental evidence later suggested that chloride was the actively transported moiety and that sodium followed passively. ▪ It was not possible to ascertain ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Residue \Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r['e]sidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside , and cf. Residuum .] That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; ...
Usage examples of moiety.
He stopped, drew his shapes, walked on, stopped, drew, walked, on to the spired old-century cragginess of Nabob Bridge, and over quickly through Kinken where the richer khepri moieties, older money and arriviste, preserved their dreamed-up culture in the Plaza of Statues, kitsch mythic shapes in khepri-spit.
At the same time, knowing that, in addition, your frivolous stepfather has squandered money which is exclusively yours, I have decided to absolve him from a certain moiety of the mortgages on his property, in order that you may be in a position to recover of him what you have lost, by suing him in legal fashion.
He sought to obtain the undivided possession of Palermo, of which one moiety had been ceded to the elder branch.
One half of it--that moiety in which the comfortable proprietress was then seated--was carpeted, and so partitioned off at the further end as to accommodate a sleeping-place, constructed after the fashion of a berth on board ship, which was shaded, like the little windows, with fair white curtains, and looked comfortable enough, though by what kind of gymnastic exercise the lady of the caravan ever contrived to get into it, was an unfathomable mystery.
After his death, the standard rose to ten carats, till in the public distress it was reduced to the moiety.