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