part vs quarter

part

noun
  • A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. 

  • A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. 

  • The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. 

  • Share, especially of a profit. 

  • A section of a document. 

  • Duty; responsibility. 

  • Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand". 

  • A group inside a larger group. 

  • In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. 

  • The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. 

  • A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. 

  • A fraction of a whole. 

  • Position or role (especially in a play). 

  • A distinct element of something larger. 

  • 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. 

  • A room in a public building, especially a courtroom. 

verb
  • To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. 

  • To leave (an IRC channel). 

  • To cut hair with a parting; shed. 

  • To leave the company of. 

  • To divide in two. 

  • To be divided in two or separated; shed. 

  • To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. 

adv
  • Partly; partially; fractionally. 

adj
  • Fractional; partial. 

quarter

noun
  • A region or place. 

  • A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. 

  • One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. 

  • The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. 

  • A quarter of an acre or 40 roods. 

  • Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. 

  • A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. 

  • A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. 

  • A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests. 

  • Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. 

  • A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. 

  • A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. 

  • Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. 

  • A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. 

  • A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. 

  • A quarterfinal. 

  • A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. 

  • A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. 

  • The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. 

  • One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. 

  • A fourth part of a hundredweight. 

verb
  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. 

  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence. 

  • To divide into quarters; to divide by four. 

  • To quartersaw. 

adj
  • Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%). 

  • Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. 

  • Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. 

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