See Also: Parting(medicine)
parting(dictionary)
parting(encyclopedia)
parting 1, noun(dictionary)
parting 2, adjective(dictionary)

perimetral (iou) and parting (iou)


perimetral (iou)



perimetral adjective. rare. L17.
[formed as PERIMETER + -AL1: cf. DIAMETRAL.]
= PERIMETRIC 1.

parting (iou)



parting noun. LME.
[from PART verb + -ING1.]
The action of PART verb; an instance of this; spec. (a) leave-taking; (a) departure. LME.
B. Jowett I said..a few words to the boys at parting. F. Raphael There were painful partings with his devoted..servants. attrib.: D. Leavitt He casts a parting glance at Elaine.
A place where things part or are parted. Freq. in the parting of the ways. LME.
b. A line of scalp revealed in a person's hair by combing the hair away in opposite directions on either side. Cf. PART noun 15. L17.
A thing which separates things or keeps them separate. Chiefly techn. E18.
Nature The dominant rock..is..a thick-bedded lithia greywacke with thin silty or shaly partings.
Comb.: parting shot a remark delivered by a person at the moment of departure (cf. PARTHIAN adjective 2); parting tool any of various tools used for separating pieces of material or for trimming, cutting fine outlines, etc.