Definizione monolingua

moiety

moiety (plural moieties)

1. Half.
   • 1832, The Christmas Box, edited by T. Crofton Croker:

     From New Holland the emu,

     With his better moiety,

     Has paid a visit to the Zoological Society.

2. A share or portion.
3. (chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.

   Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.

4. (anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
   • William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:

     The death of Antony

     Is not a single doom; in the name lay

     A moiety of the world.

Definizione dizionario moiety

	gruppo funzionale
	In organic chemistry, a specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class

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Altri significati:

A share or portion.

(anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.

Half.

(chemistry) a specific segment of a molecule

(chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.