| part | 1. To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle. 2. To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; often with from. "He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted." (Shak) "He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before." (Macaulay) "His precious bag, which he would by no means part from." (G. Eliot) 3. To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; followed by with or from. "Celia, for thy sake, I part With all that grew so near my heart." (Waller) "Powerful hands . . . Will not part Easily from possession won with arms." (Milton) "It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son." (A. Trollope) 4. To have a part or share; to partake. "They shall part alike." 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc, whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. "And kept back part of the price, . . . And brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet." (Acts v. 2) "Our ideas of extension and number do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ?" (Locke) "I am a part of all that I have met." (Tennyson) 2. Hence, specifically: An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc, into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. "An homer is the tenth part of an ephah." (Ex. Xvi. 36) "A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward." (Shak) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. "All the parts were formed . . . Into one harmonious body." (Locke) "The pulse, the glow of every part." (Keble) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. "Men of considerable parts." . "Great quickness of parts." . "Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them." (Shak) Quarter; region; district; usually in the plural. "The uttermost part of the heaven." . "All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears. <mathematics> " (Dryden) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. 3. That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. "We have no part in David." (2 Sam. Xx. 1) "Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part; Do thou but thine." (Milton) "Let me bear My part of danger with an equal share." (Dryden) 4. Hence, specifically: One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. "For he that is not against us is on our part." (Mark ix. 40) "Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part." (Waller) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act. "That part Was aptly fitted and naturally performed." (Shak) "It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf." (Shak) "Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies." (Pope) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share. For the most part. See Most, In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. In part, in some degree; partly. Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; a reduplicative phrase. Cf. Might and main, kith and kin, etc. "She was . . . Part and parcel of the race and place." . Part of speech, one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant. Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. "A part song differs from a madrigal in its exclusion of contrapuntual devices; from a glee, in its being sung by many voices, instead of by one only, to each part." . Synonym: Portion, section, division, fraction, fragment, piece, share, constituent. See Portion, and Section. Origin: F. Part, L. Pars, gen. Partis; cf. Parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| partage | 1. Division; the act of dividing or sharing. 2. Part; portion; share. Origin: F. See Part, &. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partaker | 1. One who partakes; a sharer; a participator. "Partakers of their spiritual things." (Rom. Xv. 27) "Wish me partaker in my happiness." (Shark) 2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. "Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets." (Matt. Xxiii. 30) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partan | <zoology> An edible British crab. Origin: Cf. Ir. & Gael. Partan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parted | 1. Separated; devided. 2. Endowed with parts or abilities. 3. <botany> Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partenope | 1. One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs. 2. One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, descovered by M. De Gasparis in 1850. Origin: L, the name of a Siren, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parterre | 1. <botany> An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on. 2. The pit of a theater; the parquet. Origin: F, fr. Par on, by (L. Per)+terre earth, ground, L. Terra. See Terrace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| partes | Plural of pars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partes corporis humani | The head, neck, trunk, and limbs. Synonym: partes corporis humani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| partes genitales femininae externae | Outmoded term for external female genital organs. Partes genitales masculinae externae, outmoded term for external male genital organs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parthenocarpy | <botany> Fruit formation without fertilization. Occurs spontaneously in some plants, for example banana and in other plants can be induced by application of auxin. Results in seedless fruits. (18 Nov 1997) |
| parthenogenesis | <biology> Development of an ovum without fusion of its nucleus with a male pronucleus to form a zygote. (18 Nov 1997) |
| parthenogenetic | <biology> Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis; as, parthenogenetic forms. Parthenogenet"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parthenogenitive | <biology> Parthenogenetic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parthenogeny | <biology> Same as Parthenogenesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abdominal part of aorta | <anatomy> The largest arterial conduit below the diaphragm. This term refers to the portion of the aorta below the diaphragm to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries. It supplies blood to the abdominal viscera, pelvic organs and lower extremities. (20 Jun 2000) |
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| abdominal part of oesophagus | The part of the oesophagus inferior to the diaphragm. See: oesophagus. Synonym: pars abdominalis oesophagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abdominal part of thoracic duct | The part of the thoracic duct between the cisterna chyli and the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm. Synonym: pars abdominalis ductus thoracici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abdominal part of ureter | The part of the ureter between the renal pelvis and the brim of the pelvis. Synonym: pars abdominalis ureteris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory flower part | <plant biology> Sepal and petal organs found on flowers. The sepals and petals are not essential for pollination but may aid in attracting insects or other organisms. (15 Jan 1998) |
| alar part of nasalis muscle | <anatomy> See: nasalis muscle. Synonym: pars alaris musculi nasalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar part of mandible | The portion of the body of the mandible that surrounds and supports the lower teeth. Synonym: pars alveolaris mandibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolar soft part sarcoma | <tumour> A malignant tumour formed of a reticular stroma of connective tissue enclosing aggregates of large round or polygonal cells; occurs in subcutaneous and fibromuscular tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular part of fibrous digital sheath | One of the two circular fibrous bands of the fibrous sheaths of the fingers and toes attached to the shaft of the proximal and middle phalanges. Synonym: pars annularis vaginae fibrosae, annular pulley, annulus of fibrous sheath, ligamentum annulare digitorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part | The portion of a structure that tlies most forward, or closest to the front surface relative to other parts; in human anatomy, the ventral portion of a structure. See: anterior part of anterior commissure of brain, anterior part of diaphragmatic surface of liver, anterior part of fornix of vagina. Synonym: pars anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of anterior commissure of brain | The anterior part of the anterior or rostral commissure of the brain. Synonym: pars anterior commissurae rostralis, pars anterior commissurae anterioris cerebri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of diaphragmatic surface of liver | The part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver deep to the costal arches and the xiphoid process. Synonym: pars anterior faciei diaphragmatis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of fornix of vagina | The portion of the fornix of the vagina anterior to the uterine cervix. Synonym: pars anterior fornicis vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior part of pons | The large ventral part of the pons occupied by the nuclei pontis, traversed longitudinally by corticopontine, corticobulbar, and corticospinal fibres, and transversely by pontocerebellar fibres. Pontocerebellar fibres converging laterally form the middle cerebellar peduncle or brachium pontis. Synonym: pars ventralis pontis, anterior part of pons, basilar part of pons, pars basilaris pontis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior surface of petrous part of temporal bone | The surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone contributing to the floor of the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: facies anterior partis petrosae ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |