(grammar, uncountable) the dative case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset / (grammar, countable) a use or instance of such a dative case

(grammar, uncountable) the genitive case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset / (grammar, countable) a use or instance of such a genitive case

(grammar, uncountable) the ablative case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset / (grammar, countable) a use or instance of such an ablative case

plural of partitive dative

plural of partitive genitive

(mathematics) A collection of non-negative-valued functions defined on a topological space, such that every point has only finitely many nonzero values, and these sum to one.

(chemistry) The ration of the equilibrium concentrations of a solute in two immiscible solvents

plural of partition function

(mathematics) generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics / (number theory) function that represents the number of possible partitions of a natural number.

(mathematics) A tool used in dynamical systems theory, allowing the methods of symbolic dynamics to be applied to the study of hyperbolic systems. By using a Markov partition, the system can be made to resemble a discrete-time Markov process, with the long-term dynamical characteristics of the system represented as a Markov shift.