partition
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[ noun ] a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Synonyms Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)On the glass partition between me and the driver were three signs : (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)He moved ahead carefully , his left_hand in_front of him , and came to a wooden partition . |
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[ 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
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[ verb ] divide into parts, pieces, or sections
Synonyms Examples "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Related terms separation subdivision septation zoning separate sectionalise |
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