A part of/from another holotes

A part of/from another holotes   

Definitions referring to a holotes/whole

A piece , a separate part or portion of a whole/ a natural object;  mainly homoeomeric, homogen(e)ous, rather a part of a total/quantity, which is not considered as a literal part in this context (i.e. referring to a holotes), 

a small part, or amount forming part of a whole, esp when broken off or separated from it; a more or less definite, separate(d), limited portion or quantity of a larger quantity or of a whole/something, of some substance or material forming a single/separate mass or body/structure (e.g. a piece of bread, cake, chocolate, pie, land, wood/lumber, string, etc); an object that is one member, unit or element of a group/larger thing, quantity or class (e.g. a piece of furniture); a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; an amount of work forming a single job (paid by the piece); a coin having a value as specified (e.g. fifty-pence piece); a specimen; a particular length by which goods are/ a commodity is sold esp. cloth, wallpaper, etc (sold by the piece, e.g. a piece of cloth); a work of art, a musical or literary work or composition; an instance or occurrence: a piece of luck.

Synonyms: part, bit, section, segment, portion, fragment, fraction, slice, bar, cube, share, division, block, lump, slab, cake, stick, length, quantity, scrap, chunk, hunk, wedge, shred, mouthful, morsel, wodge (Brit. informal // component, unit, segment, constituent, module // stretch, area, spread, tract, expanse//instance, case, example, sample, specimen, occurrence (piece of legislation) // item, report, story, bit (informal), study, production, review, article (a piece about someone on television) // composition, work, production, opus (an orchestral piece) // work of art, work, creation // cut (informal), percentage, quantity, quota, allotment, subdivision (piece of the net profits),

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Origin: Middle English (1175-1225) pece (early 13 c., fixed amount, measure, portion), Old French piece (11c.), Vulgar Latin pettia, akin to Breton pez=piece, probably from Gaulish, of old Celtic (base pett-), Welsh peth=portion, thing, Cornish peth=thing

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Several synonyms of “piece” are defined below:

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Fragment <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">fr <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ægmənt/ <span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> a small part or piece, usually broken off, cut off or detached of something else; <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">a broken piece of a inflexible object, an incomplete isolated, unfinished piece, an odd piece.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Synonyms: part, piece, bit, scrap, shred, particle, portion, fraction, chip, shiver, remnant, speck, sliver, wisp, morsel, oddment

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Latin: v. frangere= to break) <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Fraction <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">fr <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">æk <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʃ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">n/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a (very) small (tiny) part or segment, component, item, a piece of/forming a whole (mixture), separated by fractionation/a fractional process, a quotient, a disconnected piece (broken off); a fragment, subdivision, (minute) portion or section, very small amount, (a little) bit.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Mathematics: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> a ratio of two expressions or numbers, a number such as a/b, <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">a number that is not an integer. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Synonyms: part, piece, segment, bit, little bit, mite, tiny amount, jot, iota, percentage, share, cut, division, subdivision, section, sector, proportion, slice, ratio, portion, quota, aliquot, moiety, fragment, selection.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Latin: fractiō, from fractus, from v. frangere = to break) <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cut <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/k <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʌ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">t/ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, a piece or part cut off from the whole/an object, from the main body (a section of food); a slip of paper, a piece of cloth or, meat, beef etc.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Music) a selection of music; an individual piece of music; track;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted; a quantity cut, esp. of lumber

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Synonyms: piece, slice, share, percentage, portion

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Middle English: cutten)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cutting <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ˈ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">k <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʌ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">t <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ŋ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, a piece or part cut off (cut out) from the main part/ body of something (a section of food etc); an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; a slip of paper, etc,

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant for rooting or grafting; a cut of meat; a quantity of timber cut; a portion or share;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Music) piece of music on a record;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Journalism & Publishing) an article, photograph, etc, cut from a newspaper or other publication (US & Can.) clipping;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Synonyms: piece, clipping, extract, excerpt

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Middle English: cutten)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Cut-out <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˈ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">k <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʌ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">t <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˌ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">a <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʊ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">t/ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> a part that is cut out from something or is to be cut out (of paper etc); cut out as a pattern or figure; cutting,

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: cut, cutting, portion.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(Middle English: cutten)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Shred <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʃ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">r <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɛ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">d/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a tiny amount; a very small piece (cut or torn off), especially a narrow strip, of cloth or paper; a number of, very small (scarcely detectable) quantity/amount, a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip or fragment.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: piece, bit, scrap, fragment, particle, strip, rag, ribbon, snippet, sliver, tatter.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">trace, grain, iota  atom, jot, whit.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Middle English: shrede, from Old English: scrēade)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Division <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/d <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ˈ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">v <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʒ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade: 191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">n/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">,  <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a part formed by dividing, cutting, splitting, separating, partitioning, classifying. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">  <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">One <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">  <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">of <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">  <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">the <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">  <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">parts/portions (section or group) into <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">  <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">which a holotes/ whole is divided. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The proportional distribution of a quantity or entity; portion of a whole, section, compartment // category class//  (biology) a subdivision (a group) of organisms forming a larger category; (botany) taxonomic unit of plants; (logic) the fallacy of inferring that the properties of the parts are the same as those of the whole.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: part, piece, bit, cutting, cut, split, segment, section, sector, class, category, segment, portion, fraction// separation, partition, allocation, allotment, group, head, sector, branch, subdivision, department, compartment.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Latin: acc. divisionem, nom. divisio, from v. dividere)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Section <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ˈ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">s <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɛ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">k <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʃ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">n/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a division though it is generally smaller; subdivision; a piece, part, portion, component that constitute a whole; a part that is cut off or separated; one part fitted  together with other parts to form a whole; (music) part of a larger composition; a division of an orchestra of same instruments; a specialized division of a large organization; a distinct part or subdivision (piece of written work, a newspaper, chapter etc); a very thin slice (of a substance) for microscopic examination; a segment of a citrus fruit; a residential section.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: part, piece, specimen, sample, cutting, portion, division, sample, slice, passage, component, segment, fragment, fraction, instalment, cross section.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Latin: acc. sectionem, nom. sectio, from sectus, from v. secare)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Segment <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">s <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɛ <span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">gm <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ənt/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a part constituting a whole with other parts; <span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US">One of the parts into which an  object naturally divides; <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a part separated (divided) along natural lines of division; subsection, division, portion  or section of a section; a part or piece, portion of a natural object or human artefact; <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(phonetics) an isolated speech sound; a consonant or a vowel; (geometry, maths) a part of a line or curve, a part cut off from a circular or spherical figure; a machine part with the form of a circle; (biology) a subdivision of an organism or part, such as a metamere; (zoology) parts of an animal, subdivision of an organism (especially annelid, anthropod); (computers) a portion of a program, /s <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɛ <span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US">g'ment/ a collection of pages in a memory management system, a data segment; a part of an organ; a segment of citrus fruit

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> (Latin: segmentum, frm v. secare)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Synonyms: part, piece, portion, element, division, section, slice, wedge, compartment, subdivision, bit, slice, lump, chunk, wedge, slab, hunk <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Portion <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"SegoeUI","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">p <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɔ <span lang="EL" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Batang","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family: Batang;color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ː <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʃ <span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">n/ <span style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a part of a whole, <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">a part separated from, or integrated with a whole, less than the whole (of a human artifact), <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone or group; something included in a larger quantity, allotment resulted by diving something, a section or quantity within a larger thing, helping/serving of a meal and/or drink, heir’s (esp. child’s) part/share of an estate/property, lot of destiny/fate, dowry.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: part, piece, bit, division, section, scrap, segment, fragment, fraction, chunk, wedge, hunk, morsel, helping, serving, plateful, share, inheritance, dow(e)ry, dividend,  allowance, measure, quantity, quota, ration, allocation, allotment// <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,95,145);background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">fortune, lot, destiny, doom. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Latin: acc. portionem, nom. portiō)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Proportion <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/pr <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">əˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">p <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ɔ <span lang="EL" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Batang","serif";mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Batang;color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ː <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ʃ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> n/ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">, <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a part or portion considered in relation to the whole; quotient obtained from the magnitude of a part divided by the magnitude of the whole, proper/ harmonious relation/arrangement between/of things (or their parts, elements) with respect to quantity, within a whole, relative magnitude, or degree, size, extent, number etc; ratio; balance, symmetry or harmony; magnitude or extent, share, part, or quota.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: part, share, cut (informal), segment, amount, measure, division, percentage, quota, fraction, relative amount, relationship, distribution, ratio// balance, harmony, correspondence, agreement, concord, congruity, symmetry.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Latin: prōportiō, from prō+portiōne) <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Bit <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> /b <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">t/, a small piece/fragment,portion, broken off from the whole, or small amount/ quantity of anything; a bit part, a small amount of food; a small fragment of sound (music or speech); a brief amount/short time  or distance; the smallest unit of information; a thing or amount bitten off; a small theatrical part, short scene or episode; any part of an act; any isolated activity or presentation, binary digit (b(inary)+ (dig)it). Mathematics:  the smallest unit of information, indicating the presence or absence of a single feature; The smallest unit of computer memory; a single, basic unit of computer information, valued at either 0 or 1 to signal binary alternatives;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: piece, slice, segment, fragment, particle, crumb, mouthful, small piece, morsel, a bit of cake, scrap, small piece, jot, whit, iota, moment, period, little while, time, second, minute, spell, instant, tick, dab, snack, nosh,  speck, grain, mite

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">([Middle/Old English: bite, see bheid- in Indo-European roots)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Chip <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">/t <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʃɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">p/, A small fragment, slender piece of something (wood, stone, glass etc) broken off/ separated/ removed from the whole/an object (by breaking, cutting, chopping); <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc. (crisp, e.g. chocolate chips, potato chips); Part of a computing device, transistor (microchip); something worthless.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Synonyms: fragment, scrap, scratch, shaving, flake, paring, wafer, sliver, shard, nick, notch, chisel, whittle.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(Latin: cippus)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Scrap <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/skr <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">æ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">p/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a small fragment of something broken off/torn (a scrap of cloth) from the whole; small, moderate or token amount, a small piece or portion (a scrap of paper); a small piece of something larger; small piece left after the rest has been used (leftover or discarded food); worthless material to be disposed of; a detached piece of/ extract from something written or printed (scraps of poetry);old, used, waste material/ articles especially metal that can reprocessed; chips, cuttings, fragments, or other small pieces of raw material; pieces of discarded food.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Synonyms: part, piece, fragment, shred, bit, trace, grain, particle, portion, snatch, atom, remnant, crumb, mite, bite, mouthful, snippet, sliver, morsel, modicum, iota, waste, refuse, rubbish, junk, litter, debris, detritus, garbage, trash, off cuts cut up for scrap

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">plural noun

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">leftovers, remains, bits, dregs, scrapings, leavings.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Middle English/Old Norse skrap, see sker-1 in Indo-European roots).

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Quotient <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ˈ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">kw <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">o <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ʊʃ <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">nt/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, the ratio of two numbers/quantities to be divided; the number of times one quantity is contained in another; the result of a division, the number obtained by division, the number/integral part of the result obtained by dividing one quantity/number (“numerator”) by another (“denominator”) (15/3=5, 15÷3=5, 5 is the quotient)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Latin: quotiens "how many times”, "how often”)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Ratio <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">/re <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ɪʃɪ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">o <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho"; mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ʊ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"MSMincho";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSMincho"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">/ <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">(Greek <span lang="EL" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191">λόγος <span lang="EL" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">l <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ogos,), the relation between things (or parts of things, elements) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient); <span style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">proportional relation; rate: the relative magnitudes of two quantities;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Mathematics: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> A relation in degree or number between two quantities, two similar things, normally expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other (e.g. three out of five 3/5, eight apples and three pears 8/3); <span style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a quotient of two numbers or quantities; measure of the relative size of two classes expressible as a proportion (e.g. the ratio of women to men is 3 to 2)

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Synonyms: proportion, fraction, rate, relationship, relation, arrangement, percentage, equation, correspondence, correlation

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(Latin: rati <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">ō) <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91; mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">NB. a part from a <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">mishmash <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#365F91;mso-themecolor:accent1;mso-themeshade:191;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, mess, heap, motley, is also a detached part of any kind from a holotes.