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Partition   /pɑrtˈɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Partition  n.  
1.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom. "And good from bad find no partition."
2.
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, a compartment of a room, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions; cubicles with four-foot high partitions. "No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass."
3.
A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment. (R.) "Lodged in a small partition."
4.
(Law.) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
5.
(Mus.) A score.
Partition of numbers (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions.


verb
Partition  v. t.  (past & past part. partitioned; pres. part. partitioning)  
1.
To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
2.
To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house. "Uniform without, though severally partitioned within."





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... 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
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... 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
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... 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.
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... 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
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... 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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