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Word: partition (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another
  • A part of something that had been divided, each of its results.
  • A vertical structure that divides a room.
  • computing A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
  • 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).
  • The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.

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Verb:

  • To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
  • To divide something into parts, sections or shares
  • To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with ''off''

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