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moiety [3 records]

Record 1 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A part or portion of a molecule, generally complex, having a characteristic chemical or pharmacological property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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Record 2 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Chimie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Química
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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

A primary social division in which the tribe is made up of two groups.

CONT

Each moiety often includes one or more inter-related clans, sibs, or phratries, and moietyexogamy is common.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Lorsque la société globale [...] se divise en deux groupes mutuellement exclusifs de sorte que tout individu appartient [...] à l'un ou à l'autre en vertu d'une parenté conventionnelle

Spanish

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