moiety
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Others included a carboxylic acid moiety or a methyl ester side chain.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Garfield George, head of Deishú Hít, or the End of the Beaver Trail House, Raven moiety, Deisheetaan clan of Angoon, in Alaska, was one of the Tlingit visitors at that moment of discovery.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
The first category, also known as moiety acts, gives compensation to those providing information to prosecutors but leaves control of litigation in the hands of the government.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2022
Alkenes are much more reactive than alkanes because the moiety is a reactive functional group.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Fugacious, tourbillion, moiety, repugn, sacrosanct, censure, morass, El Dorado, and turpitude.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
"We hypothesized that the introduction of side interacting moieties with less directionality would enhance the stacking between norcorrole units," explains Prof. Maeda.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
For instance, it is unclear to the researchers whether the hydrogen-bonding moieties of the compound contribute to its enhanced potency against nutrient-starved persisters.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
The C–C–N axis of the CH3CN moieties was constrained to be linear and the C–C and C–N distances were fixed to standard values.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Carbon dioxide does not bind to iron as oxygen does; instead, carbon dioxide binds amino acid moieties on the globin portions of hemoglobin to form carbaminohemoglobin, which forms when hemoglobin and carbon dioxide bind.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
For example, suppose a tribe in which the two moieties were named Brown and Smith.
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
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