part

Definizione monolingua

part

part (third-person singular simple present parts, present participle parting, simple past and past participle parted)

1. (intransitive) to leave
2. to cut hair with a parting
3. (transitive) To divide in two.

   to part the curtains

   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII

     I run the canoe into a deep dent in the bank that I knowed about; I had to part the willow branches to get in; and when I made fast nobody could a seen the canoe from the outside.

4. (intransitive) to be divided in two or separated
5. (transitive, now rare) to divide up; to share
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke III:

     He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.x:

     He left three sonnes, his famous progeny, / Borne of faire Inogene of Italy; / Mongst whom he parted his imperiall state [...].

6. (transitive, computing) to leave (an IRC channel)

part (plural parts)

1. A fraction of a whole; a portion ^{syn. transl.}

   Gaul is divided into three parts.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate ""closet taxonomist,"" Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

2. A distinct element or component

   The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.

3. A group inside a larger group ^{syn. transl.}
4. duty; responsibility

   to do one’s part

5. share, especially of a profit

   I want my part of the bounty.

6. Position or role (especially in a play)

   We all have a part to play.

7. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture

   The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.

8. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink
9. A section of a document

   Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.

10. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions ^{syn. transl.}

    The part of his hair was slightly to the left.

11. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece

    The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.

12. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3? seconds ^syn.
13. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

      the Faery knight / Besought that Damzell suffer him depart, / And yield him readie passage to that other part.

part (not comparable)

1. fractional, partial

   Fred was part owner of the car.

part (comparative more part, superlative most part)

1. partly, partially, fractionally

Definizione dizionario part

Altri significati:

	parte
	section of a document {{jump|t|section of a document
	position or role {{jump|t|position or role|s
	fraction of a whole {{jump|t|fraction of a whole|s
	A seperate unit of a larger whole.
	An element in a control template that has special, possibly mandatory, significance and semantics in the functioning of the control. For example, a template for a ScrollBar control should supply a Thumb part for the ScrollBar to function correctly, but it need not provide a small decrease or a small increase button.