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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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"Partition" Quotes from Famous Books



... window nearest the door he saw that the cabin had been divided into two rooms by a rough partition of ...
— Tarzan of the Apes • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... what caused the sudden flooding," the caretaker went on. "It seems that a partition, or wall, between the Labyrinth and the Mixer mine unaccountably gave way. The Mixer mine has been flooded for a long time and, as it lies above the level of the Labyrinth, the water naturally flowed into our mine as soon as the wall ...
— Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns • Major Archibald Lee Fletcher
... War had scarcely closed before the partition of Poland was effected, the greatest political crime of that age, for which the king ...
— A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon - For the Use of Schools and Colleges • John Lord
... of Bishop Elphinstone," said the late Principal Sir William Geddes, "and his age, the choir-screen was intended to partition off the sacred clerus from the non-clerus or laity, and, by the predominance of anthems and songs in the choir-service, to image forth the conception of the blest society in heaven, where there is ...
— Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys • Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
... from his coat pocket to the desk again. The door closed softly—a man had entered the outer room—and certainly a man who was no stranger to the place, for he was moving unerringly in the darkness toward the partition door. The man was in the inner office now, passing the desk, so close that Jimmie Dale could have reached out and touched him. There was a soft, rubbing sound as the man's hand felt along the wall for ...
— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard


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