moieties
Equal divided parts
Moieties is the plural of moiety, a somewhat formal or technical term for a half or one of two parts.
In legal contexts, a moiety is a half share of property or an estate.
Anthropologists use moiety for one of two kinship groups that together make up a society: The tribe was divided into two moieties, each with distinct ceremonial responsibilities.
In chemistry, a moiety is a distinct part of a molecule.
Related group sharing ancestry
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
lineage · descent · endogamy · kinship · ceremonial · reciprocity · tribe · ancestry
Equal portions of whole
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- portionsDivided amounts allocated
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
dichotomy · subdivision · partition · splitting · counterparts · twofold · duality · bipartite
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- exogamyUnion outside one's clan
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
patrilineal · lineage · descent · endogamy · kinship · ceremonial · reciprocity · tribe · ancestry · customs
halves
Equal portions of whole
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- portionsDivided amounts allocated
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
bifurcation · dichotomy · subdivision · partition · splitting · counterparts · twofold · duality · bipartite
radicals
Advocates for fundamental change
carboxyl · phosphate · amine · ester · amide · ether · ketone · aldehyde · thiol · nitrile
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- Ancestral PuebloansMesa Verde, cliff dwellings, kivas, pueblo, kiva
moietieswholes
Complete unified amounts
entireties · totalities · unities · aggregates · sums
moietiesunifications
Acts of merging separate entities
integrations · consolidations · fusions · mergers · syntheses