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mediety

/mɪˈdaɪ.ɪti/

mediety noun: the middle part; half; moiety.

Noun

mediety (plural medieties)

  1. (obsolete) The middle part; half; moiety.
    • [creatures] made up of man and bird: the human mediety variously placed not only above, but below1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • The rectory of Pakefield was in medieties from a period before the Norman Conquest, each mediety having its patron, who presented to his portion upon every vacancy in succession, and not in alternate patronage;1846, Alfred Inigo Suckling, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, page 282
  2. Any function that splits an interval into equal-length subintervals.

Forms of mediety

pluralmedieties

Origin of mediety

From the late Middle English medietee (“a half”), borrowed from the Classical Latin medietās. Doublet of moiety.

Questions about mediety

What does mediety mean?
Mediety means the middle part; half; moiety.
What part of speech is mediety?
Mediety is a noun.
How do you pronounce mediety?
Mediety is pronounced /mɪˈdaɪ.ɪti/.
What is the plural of mediety?
The plural of mediety is medieties.

Words near mediety in the dictionary

  1. medicoveterinary
  2. medics
  3. medidesmine
  4. medietas linguae
  5. medieties
  6. mediety
  7. medieval
  8. Medieval Climate Anomaly
  9. Medieval Climate Optimum
  10. Medieval English
  11. Medieval Greek

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