Definition of portion

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Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..

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Metanotum :: Metanotum (n.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.
Polymerize :: Polymerize (v. t.) To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde..
Pluripartite :: Pluripartite (a.) Deeply divided into several portions.
Proportionateness :: Proportionateness (n.) The quality or state of being proportionate.
Subreader :: Subquintuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion..
Mesosternum :: Mesosternum (n.) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum..
Bowknot :: Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied..
Place :: Place (n.) Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
How :: How (adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality..
Gearing :: Gearing (n.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery..
Share :: Share (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others..
Dowered :: Dowered (p. a.) Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion..
Modulate :: Modulate (v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion..
Proportionment :: Proportionment (n.) The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
Proportionality :: Proportionality (n.) The state of being in proportion.
Bisulphate :: Bisulphate (n.) A sulphate 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 sulphates; an acid sulphate..
Hypidiomorphic :: Hypidiomorphic (a.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.
Contemperation :: Contemperation (n.) Proportionate mixture or combination.
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