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   Moiety , n.; pl. Moieties . [F. moitié, L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety.]
   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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   An indefinite part; a small part.
   Shak.
   
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   Residue , n. [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]
   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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   (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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   (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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   ☞ The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others.
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   (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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