Definition of portion

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

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Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..
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..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a call)..
Cervix :: Cervix (n.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird..
Collodion :: Collodion (n.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography..
Share :: Share (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others..
Popular :: Popular (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections..
Parcel :: Parcel (v. t.) To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often with out or into.
Web :: Web (n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail..
Font :: Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions..
But :: But (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
Reapportion :: Reapportion (v. t.) To apportion again.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..
Corallian :: Corallian (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
Topic :: Topic (n.) The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head..
Tetra- :: Tetra- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide..
Portion :: Portion (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
Luncheon :: Luncheon (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner..
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