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Word: partition
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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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