Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," fromMiddle English particioun Old French particion partition Latin partitio, partitionem ( “ division, portion ” ) , frompartitus partire ( “ to split (up), part(ition) ” ) .
partition (countable anduncountable plural partitions
An action whichdivides a thing into parts, orseparates one thing from another.c. 1596–1599 William Shakespeare , “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, [ … ] ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act IV, scene i] :And good from bad find nopartition .
Apart of something that has beendivided . ( mathematics ) division in which one asks what the size of eachpart is, rather than (as inquotition ) how many parts there are.Thedivision of aterritory into two or moreautonomous ones.Monarchies wherepartition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.
Avertical structure that divides aroom .a brickpartition ; lath and plasterpartitions
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.1667 John Milton , “Book VIII”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] →OCLC Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] 1873 ,→OCLC Lodged in a smallpartition .
( law ) severance of common or undivided interests, particularly inreal estate . It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.( computing ) section of ahard disk separatelyformatted .Hyponyms: extended partition primary partition swap partition ( databases ) division of adatabase or one of its constituting elements such astables into separate independent parts.( computing ) division of adata stream , such as amessaging queue ortopic (often representing a unit ofparallelism , and offault tolerance ).( set theory ) disjoint subsets of aset whoseunion is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).( music ) musical score .( set theory ) : The elements of the collection are sometimes called theblocks orparts of the partition.action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
Arabic:تَقْسِيم m ( taqsīm ) Hijazi Arabic:تَقْسِيم m ( tagsīm ) Bengali:বিভাজন (bn) ( bibhajon ) ,তকসিম (bn) ( tokśim ) Bulgarian:разделяне (bg) n ( razdeljane ) Dutch:opdeling (nl) ,partitie (nl) ,splitsing (nl) ,verdeling (nl) Finnish:ositus (fi) ,osittaminen (fi) ,jako (fi) ,jakaminen (fi) Galician:partición (gl) f German:Teilung (de) f Greek:διαμερισμός (el) m ( diamerismós ) ,μερισμός (el) m ( merismós ) ,τεμαχισμός (el) m ( temachismós ) ,( division in two parts ) διχοτόμηση (el) f ( dichotómisi ) Hindi:बंटवारा ( baṇṭvārā ) Ido:partigo (io) Irish:deighilt f Japanese:分割 (ja) ( bunkatsu ) Malayalam:വിഭജനം (ml) ( vibhajanaṁ ) Maori:wāwāhanga pātaki Russian:разделе́ние (ru) n ( razdelénije ) ,деле́ние (ru) n ( delénije ) ,разде́л (ru) m ( razdél ) ,расчлене́ние (ru) n ( rasčlenénije ) Sanskrit:विभाजन (sa) ( vibhājana ) Urdu:تقسیم ( taqasīm )
part of something that has been divided
Bulgarian:част (bg) f ( čast ) ,подразделение (bg) n ( podrazdelenie ) Dutch:aandeel (nl) n deel (nl) n part (nl) n Finnish:osuus (fi) ,osa (fi) Galician:partición (gl) f Greek:κατάτμηση (el) f ( katátmisi ) ,μέρισμα (el) n ( mérisma ) ,διαμέρισμα (el) n ( diamérisma ) ,τεμάχιο (el) n ( temáchio ) Russian:отделе́ние (ru) n ( otdelénije ) ,се́кция (ru) f ( sékcija ) ,яче́йка (ru) f ( jačéjka ) ,разде́л (ru) m ( razdél ) Spanish:parte (es) f Turkish:bölme (tr)
vertical structure that divides a room
section of a hard disk separately formatted
collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set
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partition (third-person singular simple present partitions present participle partitioning simple past and past participle partitioned ( transitive )
Todivide something intoparts ,sections orshares .topartition a hard drive
To divide aregion orcountry into two or moreterritories with separatepolitical status .Poland was progressivelypartitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century.
To separate or divide aroom by a partition (ex. awall ), often use withoff . to divide something parts
Bulgarian:разделям (bg) ( razdeljam ) Dutch:opdelen (nl) ,splitsen (nl) ,verdelen (nl) Finnish:osittaa (fi) ,jakaa (fi) Ido:partigar (io) Italian:partizionare (it) Malayalam:വിഭജിക്കുക (ml) ( vibhajikkuka ) Russian:разделя́ть (ru) impf ( razdeljátʹ ) ,раздели́ть (ru) pf ( razdelítʹ ) ,расчленя́ть (ru) impf ( rasčlenjátʹ ) ,расчлени́ть (ru) pf ( rasčlenítʹ ) Spanish:partir (es) ,devisar (es) ,dividir (es) ,particionar (es) Swedish:dela (sv) ,dela upp (sv)
to divide into territories
partition
genitive singular ofpartitio Inherited fromOld French particion Latin partītiōnem surface analysis ,partir -tion
partition f plural partitions
( heraldry ) division using two colors( music ) score , often comprising allparts ( databases , computing ) partition 
