partition has definitions from the field of computer science
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[ noun ] a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

Synonyms

divider

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 .

2
[ verb ] separate or apportion into sections

Synonyms

zone subdivide

Examples

"partition a room off"

3
[ 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
4
[ verb ] divide into parts, pieces, or sections

Synonyms

partition_off

Examples

"The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"

5
[ noun ] the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
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