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MOITIE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

One of the two parts of a conical surface into which the surface is separated by the vertex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

To reduce by half.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Le salaire serait réduit de moitié pour les familles.

Spanish

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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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