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Definition of One-half
1. Noun. One of two equal parts of a divisible whole. "A century and one half"
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
Specialized synonyms: Fifty Percent, Mediety, Moiety
Lexicographical Neighbors of One-half
Literary usage of One-half
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"one-half of the experimental (a) and reconstructed (b) esr spectra of an ether
... Figure За gives one-half of the observed spectrum in ether solution at ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"But even now the European commerce of Germany is by far the most important
especially in exports comprising more than one-half of all imports and ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"The whole of each organ was taken ; the muscle gave a fluorescence equalling from
one-half to one grain of quinine to a litre of water; ..."
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