partition definition in history - EAS
- Meaning "act of parting or dividing, state of being divided" is from c. 1500. partition (v.) 1741, "divide into shares," from partition (n.). Meaning "divide by walls or partitions" is from 1832. Related: Partitioned; partitioning.
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partitioned; partitioning; partitions. transitive verb. 1. a. : to divide into parts or shares. b. : to divide (a place, such as a country) into two or more territorial units having separate political …
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a separation, as of two or more things. something that separates or divides. a part, division, or section. verb (used with object) to divide into parts or portions. to divide or separate by interior …
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1. formal : to divide (something) into parts or shares. It was necessary to partition the work to be done to make the job easier to accomplish. The room is partitioned into four sections. 2. : to …
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Partition is the division of an entity into parts. A political partition has often been considered as an objective description: a previously unified territorial entity is divided into two or more parts. …
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partition - (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit. computer science, …
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