Thesaurus: partition

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1. v. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
2. v. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.
3. v. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
4. v. The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
5. v. A score.
6. v. t. To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
7. v. t. To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.
8. n. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
9. n. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
10. n. (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
11. n. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
12. v. divide into parts, pieces, or sections