What (who) is partition - definition
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Partition
·v A Score.
II. Partition ·v A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
III. Partition ·vt To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, ·etc.; as, to partition a house.
IV. Partition ·vt To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
V. Partition ·v The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
VI. Partition ·v The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
VII. Partition ·v 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, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.
partition
¦ noun
1. (especially with reference to a country) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
2. a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall.
3. Chemistry the distribution of a solute between two immiscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with its differing solubility in each.
4. Computing each of a number of portions into which some operating systems divide memory or storage.
¦ verb
1. divide into parts.
2. divide or separate by erecting a partition.
Derivatives
partitioner noun
partitionist noun
Origin
ME: from L. partitio(n-), from partiri 'divide into parts'.
partition
1. <storage> A logical section of a disk. Each partition
normally has its own file system. Unix tends to treat
partitions as though they were separate physical entities.
2. <mathematics> A division of a set into subsets so that each
of its elements is in exactly one subset.
(1996-12-09)
Pronunciation examples for partition
1. Partition Archive.
Storeis from Indias' Partition _ Anurag Wadehra _ Talks at Google
2. Partition happened.
Storeis from Indias' Partition _ Anurag Wadehra _ Talks at Google
3. left partition.
_ Dave Goldberg _ Talks at Google
4. before partition.
Cinematic, Theatrical Journeys and The Story Behind Gauhar _ Lillette Dubey _ Talks at Google
5. Because since pre-partition,
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Examples of use of partition
1. We now have a generation that wants to look at partition dispassionately." Discussion of partition is not completely new.
2. While Serbia has resisted partition of Kosovo, Russia would also support a Serbian proposal to partition the Serb–populated north, an effort that would open up a Pandora‘s box of possible partition of Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia.
3. We have forgotten everything (times during Partition). It is a cruel place (Pakistan). During Partition I have witnessed many trains full of dead bodies.
4. "My father opposed partition and was wrong," Olmert said.
5. But never like this since Ireland‘s partition in 1'21.