moiety

Speech parts

1. moiety - Noun

2. moiety - Adjective

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

mediety half shard class end family body interest member division section share element piece skin
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Antonyms

total base basis whole unit middle
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Hypernyms

half one-half social group

Phrases with the word

fatty acid moiety fatty acyl moiety aromatic amine moiety fatty moiety aromatic moiety

Derivatives

moieties

Examples

In 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

Close letter words and terms

moiderer moidore moietie moil Moilanen moile