Moiety \Moi"e*ty\ (moi"[-e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Moieties
(moi"[-e]*t[i^]z). [F. moiti['e], L. medietas, fr. medius
middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety.]
1. 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. --Shak.
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The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject.
--Addison.
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2. An indefinite part; a small part. --Shak.
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Residue \Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r['e]sidu, L. residuum,
fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to
remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]
1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated,
removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
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The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
--Jer. xv. 9.
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If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
not a residue of English liberty would have been
saved. --I. Taylor.
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2. (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not
disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies
and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and
legacies.
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3. (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal
of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group
regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or
group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in
a more general sense.
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Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups
containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being
applied to the others.
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4. (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number that
differs from a given number by a multiple of a given
modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given
number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
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Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains;
leavings; relics.
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moiety
n 1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: mediety]
2: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
WordNet (r) 2.0
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "moiety":
allotment, allowance, ashram, big end, bigger half, bisection, bit,
bite, body, budget, butt, caste, chip, chunk, clan, class, clip,
clipping, collop, colony, commission, commonwealth, commune,
community, contingent, crumb, cut, cutting, deal, destiny,
dividend, division, dole, dollop, economic class, end,
endogamous group, equal share, equidistance, extended family,
family, fate, fifty percent, fifty-fifty, fragment, gens, gob,
gobbet, half, half-and-half, halfway house, halver, helping,
hemisphere, hunk, interest, kinship group, lot, lump, measure,
mediety, meed, member, mess, mid-distance, midcourse,
middle distance, midway, modicum, morsel, nuclear family, order,
parcel, paring, part, particle, percentage, phratria, phratry,
phyle, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rake-off,
rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, section, segment, semicircle,
semisphere, settlement, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shred,
slice, sliver, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip,
snippet, social class, society, splinter, stake, stitch, stock,
stump, subcaste, tatter, totem
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
MOIETY. The half of anything; as, if a testator bequeath one moiety of his
estate to A, and the other to B, each shall take an equal part. Joint
tenants are said to hold by moieties. Lit. 125; 3 M. G. & S. 274, 283
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
mediety
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