moiety

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.An indefinite part; a small part. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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]