partition

(pär-tĭshˈən)

1. a. The act or process of dividing something into parts.
   b. The state of being so divided.
2. a. Something that divides or separates, as a wall dividing one room or cubicle from another.
   b. A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.
3. A part or section into which something has been divided.
4. Division of a country into separate, autonomous nations.
5. Mathematics
   a. An expression of a positive integer as a sum of positive integers.
   b. The decomposition of a set into a family of disjoint sets.
6. Computer Science A section of storage space on a hard disk.
7. Law Division of property, especially real estate.

1. To divide into parts, pieces, or sections.
2. To divide or separate by means of a partition: We partitioned off the alcove to make another bedroom.
3. To divide (a country) into separate, autonomous nations.

Related Forms:

• par·tiˈtion·er noun

• par·tiˈtion·ment noun