partition
noun
- 1
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- 2
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- 3
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- 4
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
verb
- 1
separate or apportion into sections
partition a room off
- 2
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
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