mediety
/mɪˈdaɪ.ɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any function that splits an interval into equal-length subintervals.
Example Sentences
- "[creatures] made up of man and bird: the human mediety variously placed not only above, but below"
- "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;"
Etymology
From the late Middle English medietee (“a half”), borrowed from the Classical Latin medietās. Doublet of moiety.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: medietee, medietās