Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

moiety

[moi-i-tee] / ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

The C–Cl portion of the chloroethane molecule is an example of a functional group, the part or moiety of a molecule that imparts a specific chemical reactivity.

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

The high reactive plasma chemical moieties provide enough energy that could be compensated by high temperature.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2024

Molecules with F-H, O-H, or N-H moieties are very strongly attracted to similar moieties in nearby molecules, a particularly strong type of dipole-dipole attraction called hydrogen bonding.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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

Her tribe, with its two moieties or classes, may have six totems in each.

From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard




Vocabulary lists containing moiety


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training