1 [mass noun] (especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts:the country’s partition into separate states
Chemistry the distribution of a solute between two immiscible or slightly miscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with its differing solubility in each: [as modifier]:partition chromatography
2a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall:the cafe was divided up by glass partitions
Computing each of a number of portions into which some operating systems divide memory or storage:this takes a copy of hard disk partition information during installation
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Universal
divide into parts:an agreement was reached to partition the country
divide (a room) into smaller rooms or areas by erecting partitions:the hall was partitioned to contain the noise of the computerspartition off part of a large bedroom to create a small bathroom
