partition
See also: Partition
English edit
Etymology edit
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)”).
Pronunciation edit
- (US) enPR: pärtĭ'shən, IPA(key): /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/, /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun edit
partition (countable and uncountable, plural partitions)
- An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- And good from bad find no partition.
- A part of something that has been divided.
- (mathematics) 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.
- 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.
- A vertical structure that divides a room.
- a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions
- That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
- 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:
- No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
- A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Lodged in a small partition.
- (law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
- (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Three (Legendary):
- The epicenter of the disturbance is the partition currently housing a [personality construct array] retrieved from Contender AI 05-032 <+> 0816.
- (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
- (set theory) 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).
- (music) A musical score.
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- (set theory): The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.
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action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
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part of something that has been divided
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division of a territory
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vertical structure that divides a room
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section of a hard disk separately formatted
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collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set
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Verb edit
partition (third-person singular simple present partitions, present participle partitioning, simple past and past participle partitioned) (transitive)
- To divide something into parts, sections or shares.
- to partition a hard drive
- To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status.
- Poland was progressively partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century.
- To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off.
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to divide something parts
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to divide into territories
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to divide a room
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Finnish edit
Noun edit
partition
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French particion, from Latin partītiōnem. By surface analysis, partir + -tion.
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Noun edit
partition f (plural partitions)
- (heraldry) a (geometrical) division using two colors
- (music) a score, often comprising all parts
- (databases, computing) partition
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Descendants edit
- → Turkish: partisyon
Further reading edit
- “partition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.