Parts
[pɑːts]
Definition
(noun.) the local environment; 'he hasn't been seen around these parts in years'.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. [1]. Talents, faculties, powers, abilities, endowments, gifts, genius, calibre.[2]. Quarters, regions, districts.
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Examples
- When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The same theory accounts for the esteem and regard we pay to men of extraordinary parts and abilities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Add to the solution 7 parts of pure soda, 5 of gum Arabic, and 12 of water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Muriate of ammonium 5 parts}| n t | Nitrate of potassium 5 parts}| y u | | r | Snow or pounded ice 12 parts}| e | Muriate of sodium 5 parts}| to -25° | . William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- His whole stock, therefore, is distinguished into two parts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Over many parts of Europe a sort of legendary overlordship of the Hellenic Eastern Empire held its place in men's minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The parts being thus distributed to the leaders, they commenced the first assault, of which the reader has already heard the issue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Has there been any trouble getting parts? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Two-fifths part of dextrine (or the same quantity of gelatine) may be substituted for the 2 parts of starch. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The prior chapters fall logically into three parts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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