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partition
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
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noun
The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
noun
A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
noun
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
noun
(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
Separate or apportion into sections
“Partition a room off”
verb
Divide into parts, pieces, or sections
“The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British”
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Partition a room off
The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
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