different between parting vs apportionment

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??

Noun

parting (plural partings)

1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

   • The parting of the way.

2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

3. (Britain) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
4. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5. (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6. (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8. (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Translations

Verb

parting

1. present participle of part

Derived terms

• parting shot

Anagrams

• prating, rapting, tarping, traping, tripang

English

Etymology

apportion +? -ment

Noun

apportionment (plural apportionments)

1. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.

2. (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
3. (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

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