Definition of portion

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Portion (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything..

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Alternately :: Alternately (adv.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent..
Pan :: Pan (n.) A part; a portion.
Superpurgation :: Superproportion (n.) Overplus or excess of proportion.
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..
Graft :: Graft (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
Detail :: Detail (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction..
Proportionately :: Proportionately (adv.) In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
Exocarp :: Exocarp (n.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe..
Some :: Some (a.) Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another..
Permians :: Permians (n. pl.) A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia..
Pro Rata :: Pro rata () In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each..
Justness :: "Justness (n.) The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause..
Dowered :: Dowered (p. a.) Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion..
Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A fragment; a portion; a shred.
Taste :: Taste (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..
Commeasurable :: Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
Average :: Average (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp..
Proportionality :: Proportionality (n.) The state of being in proportion.
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