partition en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [pʰɑɹˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩] (General-American)
- [pʰɑːˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
And good from bad find no partition.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:the partitions of Poland
At the partition of Ireland in 1920, the railway mileage of the whole country stood at its maximum figure of 3,442, of which 2,668 miles were in the South, and 754 in the much smaller North.
1958 May 14, “Decline in Irish Railway Mileage”, in Railway Magazine, page 295:
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(countable, uncountable) A part of something that has been divided.
the Russian Partition
- (countable, uncountable) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.
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(countable, uncountable) The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.
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(countable, uncountable) A vertical structure that divides a room.
a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions
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(countable, uncountable) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
Lodged in a small partition.
1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
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(countable, uncountable) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
The epicenter of the disturbance is the partition currently housing a [personality construct array] retrieved from Contender AI 05-032 <+> 0816.
2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Three (Legendary):
- (countable, uncountable) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
- (countable, uncountable) A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance).
- (countable, uncountable) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
- (countable, uncountable) A musical score.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| partitions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unpartition · micropartition · Markov partition · prepartition · partitionment · equipartition · departition · partition coefficient · partitional · partition function · partitionism · Stirling partition number · copartition · bipartition · overpartition · underpartition · multipartition · dipartition · subpartition · partition of unity · Goldbach partition · partitionless
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Synonyms
Translations (120)
ja 分割 (division of a territory) · ja 間仕切り (vertical structure that divides a room) · nl splitsing (division of a territory) · gl partición (part of something that has been divided) · ar تَقْسِيم (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · cmn 隔墙 (vertical structure that divides a room) · de Zerlegung (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · de Partition (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · bg преграда (vertical structure that divides a room) · ja 分割 (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · he חלוקה (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · is deildaskipting (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · io partigo (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fa پارتیشن (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · ko 칸막이 (vertical structure that divides a room) · nb skillevegg (vertical structure that divides a room) · chr ᏓᏓᏓᎴᏛᎢ (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · fi osittaminen (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fr partition (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · pl partycja (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · fi levyosio (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · ru разде́л (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · eo disdivido (division of a territory) · fi ositus (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · ka დანაწილება (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru яче́йка (part of something that has been divided) · ml വിഭജനം (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru расчлене́ние (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · az arakəsmə (vertical structure that divides a room) · sd ورهاڱي (division of a territory) · nn skiljevegg (vertical structure that divides a room) · sa विभाजन (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · mi wāwāhanga (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru разде́л (part of something that has been divided) · nl part (part of something that has been divided) · fi osa (part of something that has been divided) · mi pātakitaki (vertical structure that divides a room) · ca envà (vertical structure that divides a room) · fi osuus (part of something that has been divided) · el κατάτμηση (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · nl verdeling (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru перебо́рка (vertical structure that divides a room) · el χώρισμα (vertical structure that divides a room) · el διαίρεση (division of a territory) · cs diskový oddíl (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · el διχοτόμηση (division of a territory) · el τεμαχισμός (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fi tilanjakaja (vertical structure that divides a room) · hi विभाजन (division of a territory) · el τμήμα (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · alt бӧлгӱш (vertical structure that divides a room) · nl partitie (division of a territory) · el διαμέρισμα (part of something that has been divided) · bg разделяне (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · nl opdeling (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · alt бӧлӱҥӱш (vertical structure that divides a room) · ru се́кция (part of something that has been divided) · ga landair (vertical structure that divides a room) · hi विभाजन (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · es partición (division of a territory) · gl división (vertical structure that divides a room) · ru деле́ние (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fi osio (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · el τεμάχιο (part of something that has been divided) · acw بارتشن (vertical structure that divides a room) · de Teilung (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · nl aandeel (part of something that has been divided) · no partisjon (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · cmn 分區 /分区 (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · bg част (part of something that has been divided) · ga deighilt (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru перегоро́дка (vertical structure that divides a room) · he מְחִיצָה (vertical structure that divides a room) · ru разделе́ние (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · nl splitsing (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · el διαμερισμός (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ja パーティション (vertical structure that divides a room) · bn পার্টিশন (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · el κατάτμηση (part of something that has been divided) · fi jako (division of a territory) · pdt Scheedunk (vertical structure that divides a room) · nl opdeling (division of a territory) · de Partition (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · ru деле́ние (division of a territory) · fi ositus (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · el διχοτόμηση (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru отделе́ние (part of something that has been divided) · gl partición (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · cs rozklad (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · it partizione (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · mi pātaki (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fi jakaminen (division of a territory) · mi pātaki (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · tr bölme (part of something that has been divided) · es parte (part of something that has been divided) · nl partitie (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ru разде́л (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · bg подразделение (part of something that has been divided) · bn বিভাজন (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ja 分割 (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · fa پارتیشن (vertical structure that divides a room) · el μερισμός (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ja パーティション (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · acw تَقْسِيم (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · bn পার্টিশন (vertical structure that divides a room) · hi बँटवारा (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ur تقسیم (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · el μέρισμα (part of something that has been divided) · fi jako (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · pt partição (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · ga spiara (vertical structure that divides a room) · de Klasseneinteilung (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) · fi jakaminen (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · ml വിഭജനം (division of a territory) · es partición (section of a hard disk separately formatted) · nl deel (part of something that has been divided) · bn তকসিম (action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another) · hi पल्ला (vertical structure that divides a room) · pdt Schetzel (vertical structure that divides a room) · es partición (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set)