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US
/pɑɹˈtɪʃən/
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[ UK /pɑːtˈɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɑːtˈɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
VERB
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separate or apportion into sections
partition a room off -
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
How To Use partition In A Sentence
- Outside of what we term pit and dress circle is a partition, three or four feet high, dividing them from a promenade ten or fifteen feet wide. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
- The Moroccan government claims to be acting constructively, but pretends that Western Sahara is not partitioned, and that the Polisario-controlled areas are a buffer zone in which the Polisario has no presence. Global Voices in English » Western Sahara: Landmine Injures Five During Peaceful Protest
- Also, let's say that you have no backup storage devices, and you have some large files that wouldn't fit on another partition.
- One drawing, dated 1768, shows a short-legged lidless partitioned square box, and another, dated 1769, shows an octagonal lidded container on short legs partitioned to hold eight bottles.
- Some escaped after a bouncer battered down a partition wall. Times, Sunday Times
- Therefore, two herds of deer share these summer ranges and, consequently, mountain lions from Round Valley repartition space on the winter range after months of being apart.
- Woodcarvings, bamboo mats, wooden partitions, paintings, wall hangings, brassware, metal icons and pooja articles are also on display, besides ready-to-eat products.
- In 1947 partition divided their homeland and those finding themselves in Pakistan suffered terrible losses making their way to India.
- All staff, from Stilwell to the summer interns who answered phones and restocked supply shelves, were assembled and scattered among the desks in the largest space in the headquarters, where partitions had been removed to give them an unobstructed view of their candidate. O: A Presidential Novel
- My 31-year-old colleague was sitting just the other side of a partition wall. The Sun