moiety

moiety
Synonyms and related words:
allotment, allowance, ashram, big end, bigger half, bisection, bit, bite, body, budget, butt, caste, chip, chunk, clan, class, clip, clipping, collop, colony, commission, commonwealth, commune, community, contingent, crumb, cut, cutting, deal, destiny, dividend, division, dole, dollop, economic class, end, endogamous group, equal share, equidistance, extended family, family, fate, fifty percent, fifty-fifty, fragment, gens, gob, gobbet, half, half-and-half, halfway house, halver, helping, hemisphere, hunk, interest, kinship group, lot, lump, measure, mediety, meed, member, mess, mid-distance, midcourse, middle distance, midway, modicum, morsel, nuclear family, order, parcel, paring, part, particle, percentage, phratria, phratry, phyle, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, section, segment, semicircle, semisphere, settlement, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, social class, society, splinter, stake, stitch, stock, stump, subcaste, tatter, totem

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  • moiety — moi·e·ty / mȯi ə tē/ n pl ties: half of something (as an estate) an interest exceeding a moiety compare entirety 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Moiety — Moi e*ty (moi [ e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Moieties} (moi [ e]*t[i^]z). [F. moiti[ e], L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See {Mid}, a., and cf. {Mediate}, {Mediety}.] 1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Moiety — may refer to: Moiety (chemistry), a part or functional group of a molecule Moiety (kinship), either of two groups into which a society is divided An Australian Aboriginal kinship group Native Hawaiian realm ruled by a Mo i or Ali i Moiety title,… …   Wikipedia

  • moiety — [moi′ə tē] n. pl. moieties [ME moite < OFr < L medietas, the middle (in LL, half, moiety) < medius: see MID1] 1. a half; either of two equal, or more or less equal, parts 2. an indefinite share or part 3. Anthrop. either of two primary… …   English World dictionary

  • Moiety —   [ mɔɪətɪ, englisch] die, /...ties, Ethnosoziologie: in Gesellschaften mit Zweiklassensystem (Dualorganisation) Bezeichnung für jeweils eine Hälfte …   Universal-Lexikon

  • moiety — (n.) an equal half, mid 15c., from O.Fr. moite, earlier meitiet (12c., Mod.Fr. moitié) half; middle; portion, piece, from L. meditatem (nom. medietas) half, originally middle point, from medius middle (see MEDIAL (Cf. medial) (adj.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • moiety —  Moiety  Часть молекулярной структуры, обладающая определенным полезным свойством.  См. функциональная группа …   Толковый англо-русский словарь по нанотехнологии. - М.

  • moiety — ► NOUN (pl. moieties) 1) formal a half. 2) technical each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided. ORIGIN Old French moite, from Latin medius mid, middle …   English terms dictionary

  • Moiety — Als Moiety (engl.; von altfranz. moité, dies wiederum von lat. medietas Mitte, Hälfte ) wird bei Gemeinschaften mit Dualorganisation oder Zweiklassensystem jede der beiden Hälften eines Dorfes oder Stammes bezeichnet. Jedes Mitglied einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • moiety — 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}.] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • moiety — 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}.] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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