partitions

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
2. A part of something that has been divided.
   • the Russian Partition
3. 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.
   • No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.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

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