partition meaning

• Noun: partition  paa(r)'tishun
  1. A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
     - divider 
  2. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit 
  3. (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism 
  4. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
     - division, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation [Brit]
  Verb: partition  paa(r)'tishun
  1. Divide into parts, pieces, or sections
     "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
     - partition off 
  2. Separate or apportion into sections
     "partition a room off"
     - zone

  Derived forms: partitioned, partitioning, partitions

  See also: partitionist, partitive

  Type of: body part, computer memory unit, construction, divide, part, separate, separation, structure

  Encyclopedia: Partition

• 
  [Architecture]
  1.

  A dividing wall within a building; may be bearing or non-load-bearing.

  2.

  In sound-transmission considerations, any building component (or a combination of components), such as a wall, door, window, roof, or floor-ceiling assembly, that separates one space from another.

• 
  [Business]
  AmE / noun, verb

  ■ noun [C]

  1

  a thin wall or screen that separates one part of a large room from another:

  an open-plan office with desks separated by low partitions

  2 (IT )

  one of a number of sections that a computer's memory or the place where information is stored can be divided into:

  You can give each partition a name to help you remember what is inside.

  ■ verb [+ obj] (often be partitioned)

  to divide sth into two or more parts:

  The room is partitioned into three sections.

  Partitioning often opens up more usable space on a drive.

  PHRASAL VERBS

  partition sth off

  to separate one area, one part of a room, etc. from another with a wall or screen

• 
  [Law]
  A court action to divide property. Typically taken when a property is jointly owned and a dispute arises about how to divide it.

[Medicine]
n : the distribution of a substance between two immiscible phases in contact at equilibrium and esp. between two liquids — partition vt

• 
  [Computer]
  1. <storage> A logical section of a disk. Each partition normally has its own file system. Unix tends to treat partitions as though they were separate physical entities.
  
  2. <mathematics> A division of a set into subsets so that each of its elements is in exactly one subset.

• demountable partition, relocatable partition:    [Architecture]A no ...
• framed partition, trussed partition:    [Architecture]A pa ...
• partition cap, partition head, partition plate:    [Architecture]The ...

Examples

1. the subsets in a partition are called cells.
2. the air cell partition become indistinct.
3. such a partition is called a bipartition of the graph.
4. it is useful to partition a graph into its components.
5. n is not the smallest possible value for a legal partition.