partition
Nouns
- (n) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) divider,
- (n) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- (n) (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- (n) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart sectionalisation, sectionalization, partitioning, segmentation, division,
Verbs
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(v) divide into parts, pieces, or sections
- The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
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(v) separate or apportion into sections
- partition a room off