Found 2 items, similar to moiety.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: moiety moiety n 1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: mediety] 2: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
English → English (gcide) Definition: moiety 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. [1913 Webster] The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. --Jer. xv. 9. [1913 Webster] If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. --Jer. xv. 9. [1913 Webster] If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics. [1913 Webster]