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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



... 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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