moiety Definition
moi·ety (mo̵i′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
- a half; either of two equal, or more or less equal, parts
- an indefinite share or part
- 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.
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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