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partition

par·ti·tion

UK/pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/ US/pʰɑːˈtʰɪ.ʃn̩/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

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3.

(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

verb

1.

divide into parts, pieces, or sections

  • “The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British”
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2.

separate or apportion into sections

  • “partition a room off”
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Origin

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)”).

Phrases

  • Goldbach partition
  • Markov partition
  • partition coefficient
  • partition function
  • partition of unity
  • Stirling partition number

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