Partition Definition
pär-tĭshən
partitioned, partitioning, partitions
noun
partitions
The act or process of dividing something into parts.
American Heritage Medicine
A parting or being parted; division into parts; separation; apportionment.
Webster's New World
The state of being so divided.
American Heritage Medicine
Something that separates or divides, as an interior wall dividing one room from another.
Webster's New World
A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
- divider
- sectionalisation
- sectionalization
- segmentation
- partitioning
- division
- hindrance
- bar
- obstruction
- apportionment
- severance
- separation
- barrier
- wall
- divorcement
Antonyms:
verb
partitioned, partitioning, partitions
To divide into parts or shares; apportion.
Webster's New World
To set off or divide by a partition.
Webster's New World
To divide (a country) into separate, autonomous nations.
American Heritage
A separator of one space from another; a separation by a court of real estate owned jointly into two or more separately owned parcels, so that each of the former joint owners may enjoy having his or her own estate.
to separate a single parcel into two.
Webster's New World Law
To divide something into parts, sections or shares.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
Origin of Partition
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Middle English particioun from Old French partition from Latin partītiō partītiōn- from partītus past participle of partīre to divide from pars part- part part
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).
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