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moiety Definition

moi·ety (mo̵iə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  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 subdivisions in some tribes

Etymology: ME moite < OFr < L medietas, the middle (in LL, half, moiety) < medius: see mid

moiety Synonyms

moiety

n.

  1. Part

    half, section, fraction; see division 2, part 1.

  2. Clan

    affiliation, kinship, group; see family 1.

moiety Law Definition

n

A portion of something, typically half.

moiety Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • messuage: A moiety of the messuage in Hollins in Longd. , wherein Thos.
  • manor: He also possessed Cleator, and a moiety of the manor of Bassenthwaite.
  • church: The earliest documentary reference is from 1110, when a moiety of the church was granted to the Augustinian monks of Haughmond Abbey.
  • sum: Vavasour a moiety of the sums by him discovered, in respect of lands unlawfully purchased of the late Queen. [ Docquet, Oct.

Converse of object

  • hold: Market recorded in 1292, when Hugh de Curtenay held a moiety of the issues ( CIPM, iii, no.
  • contain: This analog contains the phenol moiety of tyrosine and thus the contacts that drive the chemistry and define the TPL specificity can be identified.
  • pay: Let us pay betimes A moiety of that mass of moan to come.
  • use: He seems to be suggesting that others do use the moiety of Jupiter or presumably the moiety of the other planet moving into combustion.
  • have: Cautious use in people with allergy to sulpha drugs is advised as celecoxib has a sulphonamide moiety.

Adjective modifier

  • active: It is metabolized intracellularly to the active moiety, lamivudine 5'-triphosphate.
  • other: Of this sum only £ 50 now remains, the other moiety having been distributed by a former vicar.
  • fatty: Transfer of the fatty acid moiety across the inner mitochondrial membrane involves carnitine.
  • hydrophobic: More hydrophobic moieties, all of them placed perfectly nearby hydrophobic ( green ) surface patches.

Modifies a noun

division: The primary division of the people appears to have been a moiety division.

Noun used with modifier

  • phosphate: The phosphate moiety at the catalytic site is slightly disordered.
  • sugar: But I obtain abnormal charges on the sugar moiety ( ex: +4 on C3 ' ).
  • chemical: The chemical moiety involved in the transfer must be specified.
  • lipid: These data suggest that the lipopeptide is orientated within the CD1a groove with the lipid moiety buried in the hydrophobic A ' pocket.
  • carbohydrate: High performance anion-exchange chromatography suggests that the carbohydrate moiety nay contain rhamnose.
  • phenol: This analog contains the phenol moiety of tyrosine and thus the contacts that drive the chemistry and define the TPL specificity can be identified.

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