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par⋅ti⋅tion
[pahr-tish-uh
n, per-]
–noun
| 1. | a division into or distribution in portions or shares. |
| 2. | a separation, as of two or more things. |
| 3. | something that separates or divides. |
| 4. | a part, division, or section. |
| 5. | an interior wall or barrier dividing a room, area of a building, enclosure, etc., into separate areas. |
| 6. | a septum or dissepiment, as in a plant or animal structure. |
| 7. | Law. a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds. |
| 8. | Logic. the separation of a whole into its integrant parts. |
| 9. | Mathematics.
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| 10. | Rhetoric. (in a speech organized on classical principles) the second, usually brief section or part in which a speaker announces the chief lines of thought to be discussed in support of his or her theme. |
–verb (used with object)
| 11. | to divide into parts or portions. |
| 12. | to divide or separate by interior walls, barriers, or the like (sometimes fol. by off): to partition off a dormitory into cubicles. |
| 13. | to divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities. Compare Balkanize. |
| 14. | Law. to divide property among several owners, either in specie or by sale and division of the proceeds. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L partītiōn- (s. of partītiō) division, equiv. to partīt(us) ptp. of partīrī to divide (see party ) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50; late ME < L partītiōn- (s. of partītiō) division, equiv. to partīt(us) ptp. of partīrī to divide (see party ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ar⋅y, adjective
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅er, par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ist, noun
par⋅ti⋅tion⋅ment, noun
Antonyms:
2. unity. 11. unite.
2. unity. 11. unite.
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Partition
Par*ti"tion\, n. [F. partition, L. partitio. See Part, v.]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. --Shak. 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, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions. No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass. --Dryden. 3. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment. [R.] "Lodged in a small partition." --Milton. 4. (Law.) The servance 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. --Brande & C.Partition
Par*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Partitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --Bacon.
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Language Translation for : partition
Spanish:
tabique,
German:
die Trennwand,
Japanese:
仕切り
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partition (n.)
c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from O.Fr. particion, from L. partitionem (nom. partitio) "division, portion," from partitus, pp. of partire "to part" (see part (v.)). Sense of "that which separates" first recorded 1486. The verb is from 1741.
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Main Entry: par·ti·tion
Pronunciation: pär-'ti-sh&n
Function: noun
: the severance voluntarily or by legal proceedings of common or undivided interests in property and esp. real property : division into severalty of property held jointly or in common or the sale of such property by a court with division of the proceeds —partition transitive verb
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Main Entry: par·ti·tion
Pronunciation: pär-'tish-&n
Function: noun
: the distribution of a substance between two immiscible phases incontact at equilibrium and especially between two liquids —partition transitive verb
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partition par·ti·tion (pär-tĭsh'ən)
n.
- The act or process of dividing something into parts.
- The state of being so divided.
- A wall, septum, or other separating membrane in an organism.
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partition
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