partition

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Etymology

Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: pärtĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃən/, /pɑɹˈtɪ.ʃɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

partition (countable and uncountable, plural partitions)

1. An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

   the partitions of Poland

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     And good from bad find no partition.

2. A part of something that has been divided.

   the Russian Partition

3. (mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.
4. The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.

   Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.

5. A vertical structure that divides a room.

   a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions

6. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.

7. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Lodged in a small partition.

8. (law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
9. (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

   Hyponyms: extended partition, primary partition, swap partition

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Three (Legendary):

     The epicenter of the disturbance is the partition currently housing a [personality construct array] retrieved from Contender AI 05-032 <+> 0816.

10. (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
11. (computing) A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance).
12. (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
13. (music) A musical score.

Usage notes

• (set theory): The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.

Synonyms

• dismemberment

Derived terms

• copartition
• equipartition
• Goldbach partition
• Markov partition
• partition coefficient
• partition function
• partition of unity
• Stirling partition number

 

Related terms

• partite

Translations

action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another

Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (taqsīm) Hijazi Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (tagsīm) Bengali: বিভাজন (bn) (bibhajon), তকসিম (bn) (tokśim) Bulgarian: разделяне (bg) n (razdeljane) Dutch: opdeling (nl), partitie (nl), splitsing (nl), verdeling (nl) Finnish: ositus (fi), osittaminen (fi), jako (fi), jakaminen (fi) Galician: partición (gl) f Greek: διαμερισμός (el) m (diamerismós), μερισμός (el) m (merismós), τεμαχισμός (el) m (temachismós), (division in two parts) διχοτόμηση (el) f (dichotómisi) Hindi: बंटवारा (baṇṭvārā) Ido: partigo (io) Irish: deighilt f Japanese: 分割 (ja) (bunkatsu) Malayalam: വിഭജനം (ml) (vibhajanaṁ) Maori: wāwāhanga, pātaki Russian: разделе́ние (ru) n (razdelénije), деле́ние (ru) n (delénije), разде́л (ru) m (razdél), расчлене́ние (ru) n (rasčlenénije) Sanskrit: विभाजन (sa) (vibhājana) Urdu: تقسیم (taqasīm)

part of something that has been divided

Bulgarian: част (bg) f (čast), подразделение (bg) n (podrazdelenie) Dutch: aandeel (nl) n, deel (nl) n, part (nl) n Finnish: osuus (fi), osa (fi) Galician: partición (gl) f Greek: κατάτμηση (el) f (katátmisi), μέρισμα (el) n (mérisma), διαμέρισμα (el) n (diamérisma), τεμάχιο (el) n (temáchio) Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), се́кция (ru) f (sékcija), яче́йка (ru) f (jačéjka), разде́л (ru) m (razdél) Spanish: parte (es) f Turkish: bölme (tr)

division of a territory

Dutch: opdeling (nl), partitie (nl), splitsing (nl) Esperanto: disdivido Finnish: jako (fi), jakaminen (fi) Greek: διχοτόμηση (el) f (dichotómisi), διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi) Japanese: 分割 (ja) (bunkatsu) Malayalam: വിഭജനം (ml) (vibhajanaṁ) Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije) Spanish: partición (es) f

vertical structure that divides a room

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: بارتشن m (bārtišin, pārtišin) Bengali: পার্টিশন (bn) (parṭiśon) Bulgarian: преграда (bg) f (pregrada) Catalan: envà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 隔墙 (zh) (géqiáng) Finnish: tilanjakaja (fi) Galician: división (gl) f Greek: χώρισμα (el) n (chórisma) Hebrew: מְחִיצָה (he) f (meẖitzá) Irish: spiara m, landair f Japanese: パーティション (pātishon), 間仕切り (ja) (majikiri) Korean: 칸막이 (ko) (kanmagi) Norwegian: Bokmål: skillevegg m Nynorsk: skiljevegg m Persian: پارتیشن (fa) (pârtišen) Plautdietsch: Schetzel n, Scheedunk f Russian: перегоро́дка (ru) f (peregoródka), перебо́рка (ru) f (perebórka)

section of a hard disk separately formatted

Bengali: পার্টিশন (bn) (parṭiśon) Chinese: Mandarin: 分區／分区 (zh) (fēnqū) Czech: diskový oddíl m Finnish: osio (fi), levyosio (fi) French: partition (fr) f German: Partition (de) f Greek: κατάτμηση (el) f (katátmisi) Italian: partizione (it) f Japanese: パーティション (pātishon) Maori: pātaki Norwegian: partisjon m Persian: پارتیشن (fa) (pârtišen) Polish: partycja (pl) f Portuguese: partição (pt) f Russian: разде́л (ru) m (razdél) Spanish: partición (es) f

collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set

Czech: rozklad (cs) m Finnish: ositus (fi) German: Partition (de) f, Zerlegung (de) f, Klasseneinteilung f Greek: τμήμα (el) n (tmíma) Hebrew: חלוקה f (chaluká) Icelandic: deildaskipting f Japanese: 分割 (ja) (bunkatsu) Spanish: partición (es) f

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French: (please verify) division (fr), (please verify) séparation (fr), (please verify) partition (fr)

Verb

partition (third-person singular simple present partitions, present participle partitioning, simple past and past participle partitioned) (transitive)

1. To divide something into parts, sections or shares.

   to partition a hard drive

2. To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status.

   Poland was progressively partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in the late 18th century.

3. To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off.

Synonyms

• dismember

Derived terms

• partitioner
• partitionist

Related terms

• partner

Translations

to divide something parts

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam) Dutch: opdelen (nl), splitsen (nl), verdelen (nl) Finnish: osittaa (fi), jakaa (fi) Ido: partigar (io) Italian: partizionare (it) Malayalam: വിഭജിക്കുക (ml) (vibhajikkuka) Russian: разделя́ть (ru) impf (razdeljátʹ), раздели́ть (ru) pf (razdelítʹ), расчленя́ть (ru) impf (rasčlenjátʹ), расчлени́ть (ru) pf (rasčlenítʹ) Spanish: partir (es), devisar (es), dividir (es), particionar Swedish: dela (sv), dela upp (sv)

to divide into territories

Dutch: dismemberen, opdelen (nl), splitsen (nl), verdelen (nl) Esperanto: disdividi Finnish: jakaa (fi) Italian: suddividere (it) Malayalam: വിഭജിക്കുക (ml) (vibhajikkuka) Russian: дели́ть (ru) impf (delítʹ), раздели́ть (ru) pf (razdelítʹ), расчленя́ть (ru) impf (rasčlenjátʹ), расчлени́ть (ru) pf (rasčlenítʹ)

to divide a room

Bulgarian: преграждам (bg) (pregraždam) Finnish: jakaa (fi) Russian: перегороди́ть (ru) pf (peregorodítʹ), перегора́живать (ru) impf (peregoráživatʹ)

Finnish

Noun

partition

1. genitive singular of partitio

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French particion, from Latin partītiōnem. By surface analysis, partir +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

partition f (plural partitions)

1. (heraldry) a (geometrical) division using two colors
2. (music) a score, often comprising all parts
3. (databases, computing) partition

Derived terms

• partitionner
• partitionnement
• partitionniste

Descendants

• → Turkish: partisyon

Further reading

• “partition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.