Definition of portion

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Portion (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

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Reapportionment :: Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.
Conacre :: Conacre (v. t.) To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm..
Mesonotum :: Mesonotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.
Attemperament :: Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion..
Head-cheese :: Head-cheese (n.) A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass..
Gable :: Gable (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like..
Society :: Society (n.) Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments..
Calcific :: Calcific (a.) Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.
Volumenometer :: Volumenometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air..
Dropmele :: Dropmele (adv.) By drops or small portions.
Minimize :: Minimize (v. t.) To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
Proportionating :: Proportionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proportionat.
Sectant :: Sectant (n.) One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes..
Tri- :: Tri- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss..
Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To furnish as a portion; to allot.
Instep :: Instep (n.) The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
Dose :: Dose (n.) Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
Sapwood :: Sapwood (n.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood..
Introit :: Introit (n.) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.
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