partition

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English

Etymology

Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: pärtĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/, /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

partition (countable and uncountable, plural partitions)

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

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

5. A vertical structure that divides a room.

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.
7. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
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.
9. (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

   Hyponyms: extended partition, primary partition, swap partition
10. (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
11. (computing) A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance).
12. (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).
13. (music) A musical score.

Usage notes

• (set theory): The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.

Synonyms

• dismemberment

Derived terms

Related terms

• partite

Translations

Verb

partition (third-person singular simple present partitions, present participle partitioning, simple past and past participle partitioned) (transitive)

1. To divide something into parts, sections or shares.

2. To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status.

3. To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off.

Synonyms

• dismember

Derived terms

• partitioner
• partitionist

Related terms

• partner

Translations

Finnish

Noun

partition

1. genitive singular of partitio

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French particion, from Latin partītiōnem. By surface analysis, partir +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/

Noun

partition f (plural partitions)

1. (heraldry) a (geometrical) division using two colors
2. (music) a score, often comprising all parts
3. (databases, computing) partition

Derived terms

• partitionner
• partitionnement
• partitionniste

Descendants

• → Turkish: partisyon

Further reading

• “partition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.