1. moiety - Noun
2. moiety - Adjective
One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.
An indefinite part; a small part.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn this year 1634, I purchased the moiety of thirteen houses in the Strand for five hundred and thirty pounds. William Lilly
She was an outsider. Had left her sisters. Forgotten hive and moiety. China Miéville
A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other. Source: Internet
Elimination of specific hydroxyl groups on the glucopyranose moiety does not completely eliminate catalysis. Source: Internet
Following addition of a single ubiquitin moiety to a protein substrate, further ubiquitin molecules can be added to the first, yielding a polyubiquitin chain. Source: Internet
Barentu/Barentoo or (older) Baraytuma is the other moiety of the Oromo people. Source: Internet