ALL meanings of partition
par·ti·tion
P p - noun partition division, section 1
- noun partition dividing wall 1
- transitive verb partition divide 1
- noun Definition of partition in Technology 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. 1
- noun partition a division into or distribution in portions or shares. 1
- noun partition a separation, as of two or more things. 1
- noun partition something that separates or divides. 1
- noun partition a part, division, or section. 1
- noun partition an interior wall or barrier dividing a room, area of a building, enclosure, etc., into separate areas. 1
- noun partition a septum or dissepiment, as in a plant or animal structure. 1
- noun partition 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. 1
- noun partition Logic. the separation of a whole into its integrant parts. 1
- noun partition Mathematics. a mode of separating a positive whole number into a sum of positive whole numbers. the decomposition of a set into disjoint subsets whose union is the original set: A partition of the set (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is the collection of subsets (1), (2, 3), (4), and (5). 1
- noun partition 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. 1
- verb with object partition to divide into parts or portions. 1
- verb with object partition to divide or separate by interior walls, barriers, or the like (sometimes followed by off): to partition off a dormitory into cubicles. 1
- verb with object partition to divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities. Compare Balkanize. 1
- verb with object partition Law. to divide property among several owners, either in specie or by sale and division of the proceeds. 1
- countable noun partition A partition is a wall or screen that separates one part of a room or vehicle from another. 0
- verb partition If you partition a room, you separate one part of it from another by means of a partition. 0
- verb partition If a country is partitioned, it is divided into two or more independent countries. 0
- verb partition Partition is also a noun. 0
- noun partition a division into parts; separation 0
- noun partition something that separates, such as a large screen dividing a room in two 0
- noun partition a part or share 0
- noun partition a division of a country into two or more separate nations 0
- noun partition a division of property, esp realty, among joint owners 0
- noun partition any of the ways by which an integer can be expressed as a sum of integers 0
- noun partition the division of a class into a number of disjoint and exhaustive subclasses 0
- noun partition such a set of subclasses 0
- noun partition a structure that divides or separates 0
- noun partition the second part of a speech where the chief lines of thought are announced 0
- verb partition to separate or apportion into sections 0
- verb partition to divide (a country) into two or more separate nations 0
- verb partition to divide (property, esp realty) among joint owners, by dividing either the property itself or the proceeds of sale 0
- noun partition a parting or being parted; division into parts; separation; apportionment 0
- noun partition something that separates or divides, as an interior wall dividing one room from another 0
- noun partition a part or section; portion; compartment 0
- noun partition the process of dividing property and giving separate title to those who previously had joint or common title 0
- verb transitive partition to divide into parts or shares; apportion 0
- verb transitive partition to set off or divide by a partition 0