Moiety

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A half.
  • n. A part, portion, or share.
  • n. Anthropology Either of two kinship groups based on unilateral descent that together make up a tribe or society.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Half.
  • n. A share or portion.
  • n. A specific segment of a molecule.
  • n. Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of two equal parts; a half
  • n. An indefinite part; a small part.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A half part or share; one of two equal parts: as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits.
  • n. A portion; a share.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
  • n. one of two (approximately) equal parts
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    social group    half    one-half   
    Cross Reference
    anti-moiety law    moiety system    moiety act   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    half    halt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ligase    synthetase    ethers    bromo    Truman    conjugate    biosynthesis    thiolate    esters    hydrolase   
     
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