Definition of Moeity
Moi"e*ty (moi"&esl;*t&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Moieties (-t&ibreve;z). [F.
moitié, 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.
The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's
subject. Addison.
2. An indefinite part; a small part.
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MOIETY. Half, but vulgarly used to signify a share or portion:
as, He will come in for a small moiety.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Half.
- From New Holland the emu, With his better moiety, Has paid a visit to the Zo- Ological Society. —The Christmas Box, ed. T. Crofton Croker (1827)
- A share or portion.
- (chem.) A specific segment of a molecule.
- Aniline has a phenyl moiety and an amino moiety.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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