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Partition   /pɑrtˈɪʃən/   Listen
Partition

noun
1.
A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another).  Synonym: divider.
2.
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit.
3.
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism.
4.
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.  Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation.
verb
(past & past part. partitioned; pres. part. partitioning)
1.
Divide into parts, pieces, or sections.  Synonym: partition off.
2.
Separate or apportion into sections.  Synonym: zone.



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"Partition" Quotes from Famous Books



... followed by a tabular synopsis of the First Partition with its several Sections, Members and Subsections. After various preliminary digressions Burton sets himself to define what Melancholy is and what are its species and kinds. Then he discusses the Causes, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various
... be partakers' is accurately rendered 'for the portion,' and carries a distinct allusion to the partition of the promised land to Israel by which each man had his lot or share in the common inheritance. So the one word inheritance brings with it blessed thoughts of a common possession of a happy society in which no man's gain is another's loss, and all envyings, rivalries, and ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren
... case of parceners making partition, and one covenanting with the other to acquit of suit. A purchaser has the advantage of the covenant. Belknap, for the defendants, agrees, but distinguishes. In that case the acquittance falls on the land, and not on the person. /2/ (That is to say, such obligations follow the analogy ...
— The Common Law • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
... said, standing in front of him. "I could hear your bunk creaking lots of times in the night, and once or twice you gave the partition an ...
— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles
... on one side of the curtain nod and (in Arabic) say they accept the arrangement. The women are overheard to say words to the same effect from the other side of the partition. Congratulations are exchanged, and more ...
— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor


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