English Dictionary

partition

/pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/

noun

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. / A part of something that has been divided.

The partition in the room created two separate spaces.

意味（1）

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

And good from bad find no partition.

意味（2）

A part of something that has been divided.

the Russian Partition

意味（3）

(mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.

意味（4）

The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.

Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.

意味（5）

A vertical structure that divides a room.

a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions

意味（6）

That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.

No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.

意味（7）

A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

Lodged in a small partition.

意味（8）

(law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.

意味（9）

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

意味（10）

(databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.

意味（11）

(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).

意味（12）

(music) A musical score.