partitionn.

Brit.

/pɑːˈtɪʃn/,

/pəˈtɪʃn/, U.S.

/pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English particioun, late Middle English particioune, late Middle English partisoun, late Middle English partitioun, late Middle English partycyoun, late Middle English perticion, late Middle English–1500s partycion, late Middle English–1600s particion, late Middle English– partition, 1500s partision, 1500s partitione, 1500s partysion, 1500s perticione, 1500s pertycyon, 1600s partician, 1600s partishon, 1600s partytyon, 1600s pertition; Scottish pre-1700 partishoun, pre-1700 partitioun, pre-1700 pertition, pre-1700 1700s– partition.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French particion, partition; Latin partītiōn-, partītiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman particion, partison distribution (13th cent. or earlier; c1170 or earlier as parteisun in sense ‘separation, divorce’) and Middle French partition division, share (1360; c1175 in Old French as particion in sense ‘sharing’), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin partītiōn-, partītiō the action of sharing out, distribution, division, logical division or distinction, a share, mathematical division, in post-classical Latin also divorce (c1258 in a British source), division of a field in heraldry (a1446, c1595 in British sources), light interior wall, screen (1536 in a British source) < partīt- , past participial stem of partīre part v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish partición (1207), Portuguese partição (1192 as partiçon), Italian partizione (a1519; 1332 as partigione).In sense 9b after scientific Latin partitio (L. Euler Introduction in Analysin Infinitorum (1748) I. p. x and I. xvi. 262). With sense 5e compare earlier partitioning n.² 2, partition v. 3.

1. The action or process of dividing into shares or portions; distribution among a number.

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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out

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dividentc1450

skiftingc1450

partage1484

portiona1513

departition?c1530

dividend1535

portioning1556

reparting1574

repartment1574

parcery1582

sharing1598

apportion1628

compartition1636

department1677

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whacking1851

partitionment1864

divide1873

share-out1877

whack1885

sharesies1916

carve-up1935

1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 359/2 That every man yat selleth..any Wolle..make trwe and even partition of ye money yerof.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Harl.) in Select. Minor Poems (1840) 170 (MED) He..carithe for no more so he have plente; Al tho that make suche a particioune [c1475 Laud departysioun] Amonge theyr subjettis, God lete theyn never the!

a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 18 (MED) He..submytted hym to that he hym offred in particioun received and so went hom.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxii. xi Of my poore weedes they do partition make.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 71 He spent out of the general booty, before the partitions were made.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. i. 19 We are for a just Partition of the World, for every Man hath a Right to enjoy Life.

1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 102 A final Partition was this Day made of the remaining Flour.

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 327 At the first partition of Poland in 1773.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 32 At break of day will we make just partition among our own bands, together with our worthy allies in this great deed of vengeance.

a1832 J. Mackintosh French War of 1793 in Wks. (1846) III. 179 We cannot..imagine that a greater evil could befall the human race than the partition of Europe among the spoilers of Poland.

1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 690/2 The two sons of Frederick, first Burggrave of Nuremberg, made a partition of their inheritance.

1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 275 The partition of sovereignty between..the State governments that the people created, and the government of the United States.

1988 G. Paquet & J.-P. Wallot Lower Canada at Turn 19th Cent. 7 They prevented the catastrophic partition of their patrimonies..and ensured the passing on of the land.

2. Law. A division of real property, esp. of land, between joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners, by which their co-tenancy or co-ownership is abolished and their individual interests in the land are separated; a division into severalty.Under English law, land owned by two or more co-owners must now (following the Law of Property Act 1925) be held on a trust for sale.

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society > law > legal possession > [noun] > division between joint tenants or owners

partition1440

severance1539

1440 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 23 (MED) The particion of ye saydes manerz, landez, tenementz, rentz, and seruicez..is put in award and ordenaunce and jugement of john Thwaytes.

1474 Rolls of Parl. VI. 100/1 The seid Dukes..may make particion of all the premisses [sc. real estate].

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 13 Preamble Particion was made be twyne theyme of the sayd Maners.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Partition of Lands descended by the Common Law, or by Custom among Coheirs or Parceners.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. 7 To shew an actual partition of the Lands.

1845 Act 8 & 9 Victoria c. 106 §3 A partition and an exchange of any tenements or hereditaments, not being copyhold..shall also be void at law, unless made by deed.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 699/2 In England, the term denotes a portion of land assigned on partition or under an inclosure award.

1982 Halsbury's Laws Eng. xxxix. 369 An agreement for partition between parties who are sui juris is mutually enforceable by and against the parties deriving title under them.

1993 R. R. Powell & P. J. Rohan Powell on Real Property IV. a 43 Now almost all American jurisdictions have enacted statutes dealing with partition.

3. Logic. Originally: †a logical distinction, differentiation, or division (sometimes distinguished from division: see division n. 6.) (obsolete). In later use: analysis by systematic enumeration of the constituent parts of a thing; an instance of this. Now rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > logical analysis

partitionc1450

division1551

resolution1557

analytics1574

distribution1588

analysis1756

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 151 (MED) Þis spirit..makeþ þe resoun jugge wel and..maken a partisoun bitwixe þe goode þinges & schrewed.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 18 Oon and the same diuisioun or particioun is of habitual charite into hise spicis, and of moral vertu into hise spicis.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Eij^v A man is deuided into bodie, and soule, & this kynde of deuidyng is properlie called Partitio.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. v. 17 When Man or Human Body is divided into its three Regions and Limbs; or the Year into 12 Months... It is a Definition of the Integrate, or Mathematical, and is called Partition.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §8 187 When Man is divided into Body and Soul, it properly comes under this Part of the Doctrine of integral Division, as well as when the Meer body is divided into Head, Trunk, and Limbs. This Division is sometimes called Partition.

1866 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic (1887) viii. 59 As a test of a logical division..the term divided must be predicable of each dividing member... In this manner it is distinguished from partition of a whole into its parts.

1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xii. 108 Logical division must not be confused with physical division or Partition.

1906 H. W. B. Joseph Introd. Logic v. 117 In physical division, we distinguish the parts of which an individual thing or aggregate is composed: as in a man head, limbs, and trunk... This process is called Partition.

4. A thing which separates one part of a space from another.

a. A light interior wall, screen, or window. Formerly also: †a wall or ditch marking a boundary (obsolete).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall

woughc888

wallOE

middle wallc1384

parclose1387

partitionc1450

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inwall?1611

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sconce1695

stud partition1775

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scrap screen1873

parclose screen1889

c1450 What Church Betokeneth (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 88 The particion betwene the queer [sc. choir] and the book [sc. bouk, nave] of the churche betokenyth that the myndis of the spiritualte shulde be departid in especialle fro alle erthelye thyngis.

1508 Account 7 Apr. in J. Gage Hist. & Antiq. Suffolk (1838) 146 Item paid..for lathing, pagetting, tyring and white casting aswel of all my roves, walles, particions, and staires of all my houses in the kechen' raunge.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xv. sig. O j ^v A hedge dyke or other partition runnyng from..the fountayne to..the marke espyed.

1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 205 All the particians shall bee maide with good and sufficient groundesills.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 82 The High Altar is divided from the rest of the Church by a wooden partition with three doors in it.

1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village 56 Did I not overhear your scheme..through the partition?

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. iii. 52 Sobs so bitter and violent that they shook the bed and partition against which it rested.

1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 16/2 Lapham suddenly lifted his bulk up out of his swivel-chair, and led the way out into the wareroom beyond the office partitions.

1950 Archit. Rev. 107 124 The photograph..shows..an office partition in ‘sucupira’, a rich purple hardwood.

1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy ii. 35 The church was so built that the prisoners were separated from the rest of the congregation by a glass partition with a door in it.

2002 C. M. Byron Martha Inc. xvi. 243 Look through the glass partition of Martha's fishbowl-like office in New York.

b. A septum in a plant or animal structure.

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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition

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partition1545

distinction1578

membrane1631

septuma1638

diaphragm1660

midriff1660

cloison1693

separationc1720

dispartation1779

separator1881

1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Dissepimentum, the particion in a wall nutte, wherwith the kernell is deuided.

1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Ling. Triling. 50 The cavities..parted from one another by a fleshy partition (travers) lying overthwart the midriff.

1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 464 The petaloid segments of the Flower, far from affording the least Mark of a natural Partition, stuck so very close to the tube, that not one of them would quit it without tearing it off by Violence.

1878 A. Macalister Vertebr. & Invertebr. Animals 46 The red organ-pipe coral of the Indian Ocean, with its table-like partitions and its green polyps.

1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 138 A number of partitions or mesenteries extend from the body-wall towards this gullet. Some of the partitions are ‘complete’.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xiii. 207 Vertical partitions, called interlamellar junctions, unite the two walls or lamellae and at the same time divide the cavity between the walls into a series of vertical water tubes.

c. In extended use: an immaterial division; a separation between non-physical things. Cf. middle wall of partition at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > one who or that which separates > that which

partition1681

separationc1720

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 Great Wits are sure to Madness near ally'd; And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide.

1736 A. Pope Ess. on Man in Wks. 17 What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide.

1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel I. iii. 85 The thin partition that divided his mirth and good humour from his anger.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel vii. 67 The few months of separation had already seemed to have built up a slight, thin partition between brother and sister.

1967 Econ. Jrnl. 77 639 Actions which suggested the building of a middle wall of partition between the autonomous universities and the so-called ‘socially responsive’ institutions of the public sector.

1998 Differences (Nexis) 10 1 In the dynamic interplay of architectural form, such conceptual partitions between door and wall remain more figurative than literal.

a. Each of a number of spaces into which an object or surface is divided; a pane, a panel; a compartment, chamber, or room. Also figurative.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > compartment or chamber

chambera1398

cellulea1400

partition1465

traversea1500

cell1577

concameration1638

apartment1679

thecaa1680

partitionment1851

compartment1866

cube1937

cubicle1938

1465–6 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 323 (MED) For xxxviij quarters of oke to the same steyres and dyerse perticiones of the walles.

a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 142 In the Kings palais of calicut be many particions and chambres.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 66 Of a faire and straunge workemanshippe inwardes, with many great partitions, some full of pottes of honey, and maiz.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 105 That Man may know he dwells not in his own; An Edifice too large for him to fill, Lodg'd in a small partition .

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 412 The Hold was divided in many small partitions.

1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 37. 219 The temple was divided into two noble partitions.

1783 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 250 The garden before the house was in three partitions.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xxii. 385 A half-enthusiastic half-playful picture..which..saved you from seeing the world's ages as a set of box-like partitions without vital connection.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xviii. 283 All the while, in another partition of the brain, I was glowing and singing for my new-found opulence.

1900 G. Swift Somerley 58 She walked straight up to the window, which was divided into three partitions.

1964 C. V. Wedgwood Trial of Charles I (1967) v. 124 During the term a number of Courts sat there, in partitions roughly boarded off one from another.

1994 Wedding & Home June 148/2 Wall-stitching creates partitions inside the duvet without sewing the top and bottom together.

b. gen. Each of the parts into which a whole is divided; a portion or section. Now rare.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided

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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 39^v He..affirmeth, that there bee partes and partitions in the Essence of God, of whiche euerye portion is God.

1571 R. Ascham (title) Toxophilus, The Schole, or partitions of shooting contayned in ij bookes.

1608 R. Norton tr. S. Stevin Disme: Art of Tenths sig. Div The Yard, Ell, &c., with his tenne partitions.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 74 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Vituperative Partition will as easily be replenish'd.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) vii. 235 In each partition of our earth's time.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xii. 353 Their partitions of the daylight are el-féjr, the dawning before the sun; el-gaila, the sun rising towards noon [etc.].

2003 Jrnl. Marketing Res. (Nexis) May 225 Although either variable, in isolation, could produce a potentially valid partition, management believed that such single-variable partitions would provide less useful insights than a partition that considered the joint contributions of both variables.

†c. A section of a book. Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun]

partition1621

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. iii. iv. 53 Of this last..I will speake..in my third Partition.

d. Computing. A group of programs within a program library. rare. disused.

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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > group

library1950

program library1957

suite1966

partition1968

1968 N. Chapin 360 Programming in Assembly Lang. iii. 30 A program library may be divided into groups of programs. These groups are called partitions of the program library. Groups of programs can also be known as phases, but a phase typically includes fewer programs than a partition.

e. Computing. Each of a number of sections, usually of a fixed size, into which a storage device or a memory is divided for operational purposes, and which function independently; (a part of) a program which may be stored in one such section.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > block

partition1971

society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > set of instructions

routine1945

procedure1946

subroutinec1946

subprogramme1947

block1948

module1963

partition1971

script1978

1971 R. W. Watson Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 101. 2 The UCSB NCP is about 39K bytes and runs in a 60K byte partition.

1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxx. 259 The operating system may organise main storage into blocks of convenient size called partitions.

1985 Which Computer? Dec. 48/1 The first thing to do is to decide how many partitions you want and what their respective sizes are going to be.

1991 UNIX Rev. Sept. 52/2 Under SunOS, a partition is not completely filled until the usage is 111% (simply due to the way df reports space).

2000 ‘Dr. K.’ Compl. Hacker's Handbk. ii. 24 If you really need NT, don't forget to make it dual booting so you can run LINUX on a spare partition when you need to do some real hacking.

6. Heraldry. †(a) The division of a field into two or more parts of different tinctures (obsolete); †(b) an ordinary which separates or lies between two or more charges on a field (obsolete); (c) each of the divisions or compartments of a party field. Cf. parted adj.¹ 2, party adj. 2a.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > division of shield

partition1486

compartment1590

copartiment1590

stance1632

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] > division by lines

partition1486

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > division of ordinary > division into two parts

partition1632

1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. diij, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) The first particion..is of ij colouris in armys after the long way in the playne maner.

1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. dv, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) Of armys partyt ouerwart, the..particion ouerwart is made as mony wyse as is the partycion on length.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 43^v The thyrd partition, is ouer all the breadthe of the escocheon, and is blazed party per fesse, argent, and vert.

1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. ii. 118 Whensoeuer there is a separation of common charges..by reason of the Interposition of some..Ordinaries, then they are not termed Ordinaries, but most worthy Partitions.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Traverse There is also a Partition of an Eschucheon used in Heraldry of this Figure, which they call Parted per Pile [printed Pale] Traverse, Argent and Gules.

1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Partitions, or Compartiments, as the French call them.., are the several Divisions made in it, when the Arms of several Families are born altogether by one.

1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 446 The French heralds employ special terms for some of the varieties of their partitions... Parti alone signifies pary per pale [etc.].

1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 250/2 Partition, lines of, a field party per..need not be divided by a straight line..: there are fourteen standard deviations, [etc.].

1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 411/1 The entire range of heraldic nomenclature from fields, tinctures, partitions and charges to cognizances, [etc.].

a. The action of dividing something into parts; the fact or result of being so divided; esp. the division of a country or state into independent parts.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun]

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distinctiona1387

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distincting1570

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repulsion1771

dipartition1838

splitting1847

piecemealing1853

diaeresis1856

fission1865

split-up1878

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 8 An ymage..With two fayre handes stretched out alonge Vnto two hye wayes there in pertycyon.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. O j Certayne questions for the partition and diuision of grounde.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 28 Some..ioynted or deuided as the Reede: some without any such particion.

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vi. §6 Quhen a word fales to be divyded at the end of a lyne, the partition must be made at the end of a syllab.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xi. 436 The partition of the Empire.

1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers xliii. 60 The particular precaution against the erection of new states, by the partition of a state without its consent, quiets the jealousy of the larger States.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 84 The threefold partition of mind into Emotion, Volition, and Intellect.

1894 Rev. of Reviews Apr. 403/1 The peaceful partition of Africa..is evidently going to be carried out amid a constant sputter of little wars.

1901 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 2 241 Such rotation ought not to be included in the partition of energy within the meaning of the Maxwell–Boltzmann law when properly stated.

1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 256 The Zionist Organization would resist any attempt to curtail the rights of the Jews as defined in the Mandate, either by Partition or any other measure.

1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. ci. 601 Incomplete fusion of the müllerian ducts, resulting in a partition of the vagina along its length.

b. The division of Ireland into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland), achieved in 1922.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies

whiteboyism1777

Defenderism1795

United Irishism1800

republicanism1807

Orangeism1811

Rockism1824

repeal1830

unionism1831

whitefootism1832

West Britonism1841

Young Irelandism1846

Home Rule1858

Fenianism1866

Land-leaguism1881

nationalism1885

Sinn Feinism1907

partition1919

Ulsterization1977

1919 Times 25 Jan. 9/5 (headline) Irish Unionist breach. New League against Partition.

1959 P. Colum Arthur Griffith ii. iv. 121 The Irish people were now shown that this claim would be countered by a move for Partition.

2000 Guardian 27 Jan. i. 21/1 They have finally accepted the legitimacy of Irish partition, sitting in a partitionist assembly and executive.

c. The division of British India into India and Pakistan, achieved in 1947.

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1941 K. Chandra Trag. of Jinnah xv. 220 Many schemes of partition of India on communal basis [sic] were put forward by a few fanatics, off and on.

1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will vi. 43 Hari Sahni's family..were Punjabi Indians who in 1947, at the time of Partition, had had to leave their native Lahore.

2003 Hindu (Nexis) 4 Feb. To sideline the Kashmir issue just as a normal dispute between nations I leave..to historians and the scholars of ‘Indian Partition’.

†8.

a. The action of separating two or more people or things; the fact or condition of being separated; separation, division; distinction. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]

asunderingeOE

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twinning?c1225

departingc1300

sunderinga1325

to-dighting1340

partingc1350

disseverancec1374

divisionc1374

severinga1382

departitionc1400

separation1413

sunderance1435

departisonc1440

deceperationa1450

severance1467

dissevering1488

dissever?1507

departurec1515

dividing1526

partition1530

sejunction1532

separatinga1557

sequestration1567

decision1574

divorce1593

disseveration16..

dissevermenta1603

sunderment1603

disparting1611

disunition1611

singling1625

divide1642

severation1649

concisure1656

department1677

secretion1696

abgregation1730

disengagement1791

disassociation1825

dispartment1869

dissociation1877

secernment1894

breakaway1897

delinkage1973

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 165 Separaisón, a particion.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball We make no partition betwen y^e men and the weomen whilse they are in bathing.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 38 Can we not Partition make..Twixt faire, and foule?

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 273 Every wall of partition..it throws down.

1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers xxxvii. 5 Not less arduous most [sic] have been the task of marking the proper line of partition, between the authority of the general, and that of the state governments.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 104 Walls of ancient, harsh partition 'Twixt the people, and the crown.

b. Scottish. Divorce. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun]

divorce1377

unbinding1382

divorcing1387

partising1496

divorcement1526

partitiona1540

separatinga1557

divorcy1565

divorsion1596

diffarreation1623

stand-away1704

talak1791

annulment1800

judicial separation1857

khula1884

splitsville1951

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 8438 And ofter men findis caus of partitioun.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 41 The proces of partitioun betuix hir and the Erle Bothuell.

9. Mathematics.

†a. The arithmetical operation of division (division n. 5a). Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division

division?c1425

partition?a1560

long division1744

factorization1875

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xii. sig. D iij ^v Augment by the parts, and make particion by 12.

1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 3 Division, or Partition, is the finding of a Number which shews..how often the Number Dividing..is contained in the Dividend.

b. Each of the different ways of expressing a whole number as a sum of positive integers (disregarding their order); a set of positive integers whose sum is a given whole number; the operation of ascertaining all of these ways.E.g. the two partitions of 3 are 1 + 1 and 1 + 2; the four partitions of 4 are 1 + 1 + 1 + 1; 1 + 1 + 2; 1 + 3; and 2 + 2.

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > summing or addition > expression of number as sum

partition1850

1850 J. F. W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 422 The number of partitions of which a given number x is susceptible, admitting 0 into them.., is the sum of the number of 1-partitions, bipartitions, tripartitions..up to s-partitions.

1855 A. Cayley in Proc. Royal Soc. 7 376 (title) Researches on the partition of numbers.

1900 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 193 365 If now we operate with D₂ we have to take account of the partitions, 1,1 and 2 of the number 2.

1949 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 199 361 The determination of the number of ways in which a given amount of energy can be shared out among the different possible states of an assembly, is essentially a problem of the same type as that of the determination of the number of partitions of a number.

1996 J. H. Conway & R. K. Guy Bk. Numbers iv. 95 In counting partitions, we are not concerned with the order of the parts.

c. A collection of non-empty subsets of a given set such that each element of the latter is a member of exactly one of the subsets; a way of dividing a set thus.

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > partition

separate1888

partition1905

1905 J. Pierpont Lect. Theory Functions Real Variables I. ii. 82 Let α be any number of ℜ; we can use it to throw all numbers of ℜ into two classes A, B. In A we put all numbers < α; in B all numbers > α. The number α we may put in A or B. This division of the numbers of ℜ into two classes we call a partition.

1937 J. H. Michell & M. H. Belz Elem. Math. Anal. II. xxi. 1051 The notion of partitions of the rationals forms the basis of Dedekind's treatment of real numbers.

1983 R. B. J. T. Allenby Rings, Fields & Groups ii. 61 The sets of all males, of all females and of all joggers do not form a partition of the human race.

†10. Music. A written or printed arrangement of the several parts of a composition one below the other on the same set of staves; a score. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score

partition1597

score1701

music scorea1750

chart1957

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 97 Here it is set downe in partition, because you should the more easilie perceiue the conueiance of the parts.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Partition, in Music, the Disposition of the several Parts of a Song, set on the same Leaf; so as upon the uppermost Ranges of Lines are found the Treble; in another the Bass; in another the Tenor, &c.

1891 Daily News 24 Oct. 5/4 Here are to be found original scores and partitions, MSS. interesting not only to the musician but to the collector of autographs.

†11. Theology. Analysis of Scripture; exegesis. Obsolete.Perhaps with allusion to 2 Timothy 2:15, ‘rightly diuiding the word of trueth’ (King James Bible).

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1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 7 It is a safe rule in the partition of holy Scripture, not to churne the sincere milk thereof till butter come.

1684 S. Willard Mercy Magnified 9 We may briefly take partition of this parable.

12. Physical Chemistry. The distribution of a solute between two immiscible or slightly miscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with the solute's differing solubility in each. Cf. partition coefficient n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > partition

partition1861

1861 Nat. Philos. for Use of Schools: Chem. & Chem. Anal. ii. 44 Partition of Elements.—Affinities are sometimes modified by circumstances which might not be supposed likely to produce any effect: thus, the more difficult solubility of one of the compounds present in a solution.

1898 C. L. Speyers Text-bk. Physical Chem. v. 119 (heading) Partition of substance between two solvents.

1950 F. Haurowitz Chem. & Biol. Proteins iii. 21 Synge..has made use of the partition of amino acids between water and..organic solvents which are immiscible with but partly soluble in water.

1971 J. Sherma & G. Zweig in G. Zweig et al. Paper Chromatogr. & Electrophoresis II. ii. 11 The paper..acts by a combination of partition, adsorption, and ion exchange.

Compounds

C1.

† partition balk n. Obsolete

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1581–90 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 412 A particion balke..of .16. foote breadthe.

partition beam n.

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1891 H. Herman His Angel 37 ‘Mind your eye, sir,’ at last cried the young man, ‘and don't budge. We've got to get that partition beam away. It's that that's crushing you.’

1997 Trade Winds (Nexis) 7 July These machines can produce steel sheet, pipe/tube roofing, corrugated sheet,..partition beam, ceiling T bar, as well as door frames, and curtain tracks.

partition fence n.

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1639 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 51 A ticon [sc. particion] fence in the same.

1748 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1915) III. 608 [This land is] to be possess'd and enjoy'd by them..as ye partition fence between them now stands.

1870 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1869 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 395 Partition fences must be proof against sheep.

2003 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 10 The alcoholic mother-of-two set fire..to the back garden partition fence.

partition line n.

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1713 Boston News-let. 28 Sept. 2/2 An Instrument of Agreement for the Adjusting & Fixing of the Partition or Dividend Line betwixt Her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay and the Colony of Connecticut.

1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 145 If upon the partition-line, there has been a valid division.

1876 J. Moultrie Poems II. ii. 255 Here I stand a black partition-line between the bond and the free.

2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 May a5/1 Much of Cyprus has celebrated the recent opening of the 1974 partition line that had separated the island's Turks and Greeks.

C2.

partition chromatogram n. Biochemistry a chromatogram obtained by partition chromatography.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > chromatography > record of

phase diagram1908

chromatogram1922

polarogram1925

paper chromatogram1944

partition chromatogram1944

gas chromatogram1952

1944 Biochem. Jrnl. 38 286/2 On paper strip partition chromatograms..a number of free peptides travel as reasonably narrow bands whose presence can be revealed by treatment with ninhydrin.

1973 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Process Design & Devel. 12 208 The experimental procedure consists of obtaining gas–liquid partition chromatograms on a series of small..cuts from the distillation.

partition chromatography n. Biochemistry a form of chromatography which utilizes the differing solubilities of the components of a mixture in a liquid sorbent (chosen to be immiscible with the carrier if this is a liquid); spec. that in which the sorbent is a polar liquid and the carrier a less polar liquid.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > chromatography > types

partition chromatography1943

paper chromatography1947

ionography1950

gas chromatography1952

thin-layer chromatography1957

TLC1961

affinity chromatography1968

1943 A. H. Gordon et al. in Biochem. Jrnl. 37 79/1 We report new applications and developments of partition chromatography (Martin & Synge, 1941b) in the study of amino-acids and peptides. [Note] We employ the term ‘partition chromatography’ at the suggestion of Dr. E. Lester Smith, to distinguish it from the classical adsorption chromatography. Our earlier term ‘liquid-liquid chromatography’ was liable to confusion with the fractional elution procedure sometimes called ‘liquid chromatography’.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 94/2 Volatile, nonpolar substances such as hydrocarbons may be examined by gas adsorption or gas partition chromatography... Weakly polar substances such as alcohols..are examined by adsorption or partition chromatography.

1989 R. Dryer & G. Lata Exper. Biochem. i. vii. 158 To understand the theoretical aspects of partition chromatography, we need only slightly modify the theory just developed for adsorption chromatography.

partition chromatographic adj. using partition chromatography.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [adjective] > of specific types > of or relating to chromatography > of specific types

partition chromatographic1944

ionographic1950

gas chromatographic1952

perfusive1994

1944 Biochem. Jrnl. 38 65/1 We record here some technical aspects of the experience which we have gained in the use of our partition chromatographic method..for the quantitative analysis of amino-acid mixtures.

2003 Analyt. Lett. 36 (title) 441 High performance centrifugal partition chromatographic separation of Cu( ii), Mn( ii), Co( ii), and Ni( ii) using di-2-methylnonylphosphoric acid.

partition coefficient n. [after French coefficient de partage (M. Berthelot & E. Jungfleisch 1872, in Ann. de chim. et de physique 26 398)] Physical Chemistry the ratio of the concentrations of a solute in either of two immiscible or slightly miscible liquids, or in two solids, when it is in equilibrium across the interface between them.

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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > partition > partition coefficient

partition coefficient1891

1891 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 60 ii. 1148 (heading) Relation between affinity and partition coefficients in immiscible solvents.

1925 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 112 492 Variations in the concentration of cementite can be studied by means of the position of the Curie point, which allows of ascertaining variations in the partition coefficient of manganese between the carbide and the ferrite.

1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 773 One of the strongest arguments for a cumulate wehrlite source is the low concentration of Ni..in the most primitive phenocrysts in the akaramites. Given a partition coefficient of nine, this indicates a concentration in the liquid of 183 ppm.

partition function n. Physics a sum of the form ∑i Ω_i exp (−E_i/kT) (where Ω_i is the degeneracy of the state with energy E_i, k is Boltzmann's constant, and T the absolute temperature), or an analogous integral, which enters into the expression for the distribution of the particles of a system among different energy states and other thermodynamic quantities (symbol Z).

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the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > quantum mechanics > quantum field theory > [noun] > partition function

partition function1925

1925 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 11 193 The fraction of the total number of atoms of a given kind which is active in absorption at a given temperature is obtained..from the formula n_r = [etc., where] T = absolute temperature, b(T) = the partition function.

1970 P. W. Atkins Molecular Quantum Mech. x. 392 The proportion of molecules in the rotational state J is given by Z⁻¹(2J + 1) × exp{−E(J)/kT}, where Z is the rotational partition function.

1995 Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 253 473 Free energy calculations were carried out on a series of exosite-binding inhibitors of thrombin... The free energy internal energy and entropic contributions are readily calculated from the partition function.

Partition treaty n. now historical either of two treaties (of 11 October 1698 and 11 October 1700) which attempted to resolve the question of the Spanish Succession on the death of King Charles II.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > specific treaties

Partition treaty1703

assiento1714

Family Compact1741

extradition treaty1852

Geneva Protocol1922

Antarctic Treaty1948

Dayton1995

1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New ii. i. 22 Two of the greatest Things done in Spain this hundred years; I mean the Partition-Treaty, tho' it had no effect.

1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 12 The impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the king to the Partition-treaty.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1880) II. xxiv. 693 It was said, when first the terms of the Partition Treaty were made public..that the English and Dutch governments..were guilty of a violation of plighted faith.

1977 18th-cent. Stud. 10 506 The Chancellor was necessarily privy to the two Partition Treaties dealing with the Spanish succession.

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partitionv.

Brit.

/pɑːˈtɪʃn/,

/pəˈtɪʃn/, U.S.

/pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: partition n.

Etymology: < partition n.

I. To divide.

a. transitive. To divide or sort into separate parts or portions; to divide and share out, among, or between; to distribute, share out, allocate (esp. land or territory).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out

dealc1000

shiftc1000

to-partc1325

partc1330

departa1340

divide1377

portion?a1400

dressc1410

parcel1416

skiftc1420

describe1535

repart1540

sever1548

disparklea1552

enterparten1556

share1577

to share out1583

repartitec1603

dispart1629

parcena1641

cavel1652

partage1660

split1674

snack1675

partition1740

scantle1749

appart1798

whack1819

divvy1877

number1887

cut1928

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into parcels or portions

parcel1416

cantc1440

to cantle out1583

share1595

parcellize1606

cantle1607

cantonize1608

partition1740

parcellate1927

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide a country or empire

dismember1758

partition1828

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 115 She mentions his concealing himself to hear her partitioning out her cloaths.

1821 Examiner 8 July 420/1 He never sullied his conquests by partitioning and dividing the conquered.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. vi. 162 We have witnessed, in our own times, this political artifice of partitioning a great kingdom.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 24 A field of wheat is divided into cants when it is partitioned out in slips for the reapers, each of whom takes one or more cants as his share of work.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 348/1 The stretch of coast between Cape Blanco and the mouth of the Congo is partitioned among four European powers.

1936 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 166 There are, however, various ways in which authority may be devolved and territories partitioned.

1988 L. Gordon Eliot's New Life i. 34 The chorus, partitioned between various individual voices, represents all who confront the mystery of corruption.

1991 A. J. Pollard Richard III & Princes in Tower 67 The Warwick inheritance was thus partitioned between the avaricious brothers of the king and their wives.

b. transitive. To divide into two or more parts by means of a partition or septum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments

space1557

comparta1785

section1819

sectionize1828

partition1849

sectionalize1854

to pound off1873

pigeonhole1879

compartment1930

compartmentalize1945

cellularize1948

1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 50 The landscape was clothed in a mild and quiet light, in which the woods and fences checkered and partitioned it with new regularity.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 217 The internodes and petioles..are partitioned by diaphragms.

1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. iii. 44 We prefer to refer to the Protozoa as acellular, rather than as unicellular animals, that is, animals whose body substance is not partitioned into cells.

1967 N. Podhoretz Making It I. iii. 101 The Commentary offices were then located in a loft in the garment center which had been crudely partitioned into cubicles.

2000 Archaeology May–June 26 A radial scheme devised by the Inka for partitioning their capital into irrigation and kinship zones.

c. transitive. Law. To divide (land) into a number of possessions separately owned.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal possession > possess in law [verb (transitive)] > divide some part of property from whole > divide a joint estate

sever1528

partition1880

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into parcels or portions > specific land

canton1598

partition1880

1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 442 The a. [actio]familiae erciscundae for partitioning an inheritance.

1883 Law Times Rep. 49 162/2 They claimed..that the estate should be sold in lieu of being partitioned.

1983 Business Lawyer (Nexis) Aug. When jointly owned property is partitioned, the value is referred to as the ‘commuted value’.

2001 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 706 Mr John Jarvis QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, ordered the following issues to be tried, namely..(ii) whether, and if so, how, the property should be partitioned.

2. transitive. Mathematics. To subdivide (a set) by means of a partition (partition n. 9c).

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > manipulate set [verb (transitive)]

well-order1618

interpole1677

sum1740

interpolate1796

represent1897

truncate1955

intrapolate1956

partition1959

convolve1969

1959 H. Perfect & G. M. Petersen tr. P. S. Alexandroff Introd. Theory of Groups vi. 67 Every group may be partitioned into classes of mutually conjugate elements.

1968 E. T. Copson Metric Spaces v. 68 We can partition this set into two separated sets.

1990 IMA Jrnl. Numerical Anal. 10 467 Let us assume that the set [V] is partitioned into ν disjoint non-empty subsets.

3. Computing.

a. transitive. To divide (a hard drive, memory, or disk) into a number of operationally distinct sections.

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1959 [implied in: Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery 2 xii. 10/1 The flexible partitioning of memory is not available with decimal addressing. (at partitioning n.² 2)].

1982 Computerworld 22 Mar. 73/1 The hard disk can be partitioned into up to four parts at the user's option.

1989 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 7 vi. 79/2 The disk..has already been low-level formatted, so you need to partition it and perform a DOS format.

2000 Wired July 200/2 That's part of its tech appeal: a frenetic tinkerability that could keep you as busy as a nerd partitioning his hard drive.

b. transitive. To divide (a program or group of programs) into self-contained parts.

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1966 IFIP-ICC Vocab. Information Processing (1968) 90 To Partition, to divide a program into self-contained parts..in order to be able to execute the program without maintaining it in its entirety in the internal store at any one time.

1977 Gloss. Terms Data Processing (B.S.I.) vii. 9/1 To Partition, to divide a computer program into segments.

II. To produce by division.

4. transitive. With off. To separate by or as by a partition; to make into compartments by a division.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > partition or form a partition

sever1422

part1458

intercept1662

intersect1785

split1795

partition1818

screen1850

fence1881

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > by a partition

dissept1657

subdivide1726

to box off1815

cabin1815

partition1818

1818 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 251 Madge took Levitt's advice,..dragging Jeanie along with her into a sort of recess, partitioned off from the rest of the barn.

1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iv. 67 Paul had partitioned off half his little room to serve as a workshop.

1913 W. Cather O Pioneers! iii. ii. 206 After such a reverie she would rise hastily..and go down to the bath-house that was partitioned off the kitchen shed.

1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xl. 682 His lodging was a room partitioned off with plywood from the rest of the house.

1992 Garden Answers Jan. 17/1 If your greenhouse is heated, partition off one end of it with bubble polythene to keep the heat concentrated in one area.

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单词	partition
释义	partitionn. Brit. /pɑːˈtɪʃn/, /pəˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English particioun, late Middle English particioune, late Middle English partisoun, late Middle English partitioun, late Middle English partycyoun, late Middle English perticion, late Middle English–1500s partycion, late Middle English–1600s particion, late Middle English– partition, 1500s partision, 1500s partitione, 1500s partysion, 1500s perticione, 1500s pertycyon, 1600s partician, 1600s partishon, 1600s partytyon, 1600s pertition; Scottish pre-1700 partishoun, pre-1700 partitioun, pre-1700 pertition, pre-1700 1700s– partition. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French particion, partition; Latin partītiōn-, partītiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman particion, partison distribution (13th cent. or earlier; c1170 or earlier as parteisun in sense ‘separation, divorce’) and Middle French partition division, share (1360; c1175 in Old French as particion in sense ‘sharing’), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin partītiōn-, partītiō the action of sharing out, distribution, division, logical division or distinction, a share, mathematical division, in post-classical Latin also divorce (c1258 in a British source), division of a field in heraldry (a1446, c1595 in British sources), light interior wall, screen (1536 in a British source) < partīt- , past participial stem of partīre part v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish partición (1207), Portuguese partição (1192 as partiçon), Italian partizione (a1519; 1332 as partigione).In sense 9b after scientific Latin partitio (L. Euler Introduction in Analysin Infinitorum (1748) I. p. x and I. xvi. 262). With sense 5e compare earlier partitioning n.² 2, partition v. 3. 1. The action or process of dividing into shares or portions; distribution among a number. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 359/2 That every man yat selleth..any Wolle..make trwe and even partition of ye money yerof. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Harl.) in Select. Minor Poems (1840) 170 (MED) He..carithe for no more so he have plente; Al tho that make suche a particioune [c1475 Laud departysioun] Amonge theyr subjettis, God lete theyn never the! a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 18 (MED) He..submytted hym to that he hym offred in particioun received and so went hom. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxii. xi Of my poore weedes they do partition make. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxii. 71 He spent out of the general booty, before the partitions were made. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. i. 19 We are for a just Partition of the World, for every Man hath a Right to enjoy Life. 1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 102 A final Partition was this Day made of the remaining Flour. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 327 At the first partition of Poland in 1773. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. i. 32 At break of day will we make just partition among our own bands, together with our worthy allies in this great deed of vengeance. a1832 J. Mackintosh French War of 1793 in Wks. (1846) III. 179 We cannot..imagine that a greater evil could befall the human race than the partition of Europe among the spoilers of Poland. 1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 690/2 The two sons of Frederick, first Burggrave of Nuremberg, made a partition of their inheritance. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 275 The partition of sovereignty between..the State governments that the people created, and the government of the United States. 1988 G. Paquet & J.-P. Wallot Lower Canada at Turn 19th Cent. 7 They prevented the catastrophic partition of their patrimonies..and ensured the passing on of the land. 2. Law. A division of real property, esp. of land, between joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners, by which their co-tenancy or co-ownership is abolished and their individual interests in the land are separated; a division into severalty.Under English law, land owned by two or more co-owners must now (following the Law of Property Act 1925) be held on a trust for sale. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > [noun] > division between joint tenants or owners partition1440 severance1539 1440 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 23 (MED) The particion of ye saydes manerz, landez, tenementz, rentz, and seruicez..is put in award and ordenaunce and jugement of john Thwaytes. 1474 Rolls of Parl. VI. 100/1 The seid Dukes..may make particion of all the premisses [sc. real estate]. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 13 Preamble Particion was made be twyne theyme of the sayd Maners. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Partition of Lands descended by the Common Law, or by Custom among Coheirs or Parceners. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. 7 To shew an actual partition of the Lands. 1845 Act 8 & 9 Victoria c. 106 §3 A partition and an exchange of any tenements or hereditaments, not being copyhold..shall also be void at law, unless made by deed. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 699/2 In England, the term denotes a portion of land assigned on partition or under an inclosure award. 1982 Halsbury's Laws Eng. xxxix. 369 An agreement for partition between parties who are sui juris is mutually enforceable by and against the parties deriving title under them. 1993 R. R. Powell & P. J. Rohan Powell on Real Property IV. a 43 Now almost all American jurisdictions have enacted statutes dealing with partition. 3. Logic. Originally: †a logical distinction, differentiation, or division (sometimes distinguished from division: see division n. 6.) (obsolete). In later use: analysis by systematic enumeration of the constituent parts of a thing; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > logical analysis partitionc1450 division1551 resolution1557 analytics1574 distribution1588 analysis1756 c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 151 (MED) Þis spirit..makeþ þe resoun jugge wel and..maken a partisoun bitwixe þe goode þinges & schrewed. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 18 Oon and the same diuisioun or particioun is of habitual charite into hise spicis, and of moral vertu into hise spicis. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Eij^v A man is deuided into bodie, and soule, & this kynde of deuidyng is properlie called Partitio. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. v. 17 When Man or Human Body is divided into its three Regions and Limbs; or the Year into 12 Months... It is a Definition of the Integrate, or Mathematical, and is called Partition. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §8 187 When Man is divided into Body and Soul, it properly comes under this Part of the Doctrine of integral Division, as well as when the Meer body is divided into Head, Trunk, and Limbs. This Division is sometimes called Partition. 1866 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic (1887) viii. 59 As a test of a logical division..the term divided must be predicable of each dividing member... In this manner it is distinguished from partition of a whole into its parts. 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xii. 108 Logical division must not be confused with physical division or Partition. 1906 H. W. B. Joseph Introd. Logic v. 117 In physical division, we distinguish the parts of which an individual thing or aggregate is composed: as in a man head, limbs, and trunk... This process is called Partition. 4. A thing which separates one part of a space from another. a. A light interior wall, screen, or window. Formerly also: †a wall or ditch marking a boundary (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall woughc888 wallOE middle wallc1384 parclose1387 partitionc1450 screena1475 hallan1490 parpen wall1506 parpal walla1525 midwall1589 partition wall1605 inwall?1611 parpalling1621 screen work1648 sconce1695 stud partition1775 screening1850 scrap screen1873 parclose screen1889 c1450 What Church Betokeneth (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 88 The particion betwene the queer [sc. choir] and the book [sc. bouk, nave] of the churche betokenyth that the myndis of the spiritualte shulde be departid in especialle fro alle erthelye thyngis. 1508 Account 7 Apr. in J. Gage Hist. & Antiq. Suffolk (1838) 146 Item paid..for lathing, pagetting, tyring and white casting aswel of all my roves, walles, particions, and staires of all my houses in the kechen' raunge. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xv. sig. O j ^v A hedge dyke or other partition runnyng from..the fountayne to..the marke espyed. 1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 205 All the particians shall bee maide with good and sufficient groundesills. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 82 The High Altar is divided from the rest of the Church by a wooden partition with three doors in it. 1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village 56 Did I not overhear your scheme..through the partition? 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. iii. 52 Sobs so bitter and violent that they shook the bed and partition against which it rested. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 16/2 Lapham suddenly lifted his bulk up out of his swivel-chair, and led the way out into the wareroom beyond the office partitions. 1950 Archit. Rev. 107 124 The photograph..shows..an office partition in ‘sucupira’, a rich purple hardwood. 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy ii. 35 The church was so built that the prisoners were separated from the rest of the congregation by a glass partition with a door in it. 2002 C. M. Byron Martha Inc. xvi. 243 Look through the glass partition of Martha's fishbowl-like office in New York. b. A septum in a plant or animal structure. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition interclose1344 enterclosea1430 partition1545 distinction1578 membrane1631 septuma1638 diaphragm1660 midriff1660 cloison1693 separationc1720 dispartation1779 separator1881 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Dissepimentum, the particion in a wall nutte, wherwith the kernell is deuided. 1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Ling. Triling. 50 The cavities..parted from one another by a fleshy partition (travers) lying overthwart the midriff. 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 464 The petaloid segments of the Flower, far from affording the least Mark of a natural Partition, stuck so very close to the tube, that not one of them would quit it without tearing it off by Violence. 1878 A. Macalister Vertebr. & Invertebr. Animals 46 The red organ-pipe coral of the Indian Ocean, with its table-like partitions and its green polyps. 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. 138 A number of partitions or mesenteries extend from the body-wall towards this gullet. Some of the partitions are ‘complete’. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xiii. 207 Vertical partitions, called interlamellar junctions, unite the two walls or lamellae and at the same time divide the cavity between the walls into a series of vertical water tubes. c. In extended use: an immaterial division; a separation between non-physical things. Cf. middle wall of partition at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > one who or that which separates > that which partition1681 separationc1720 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 Great Wits are sure to Madness near ally'd; And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide. 1736 A. Pope Ess. on Man in Wks. 17 What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide. 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel I. iii. 85 The thin partition that divided his mirth and good humour from his anger. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel vii. 67 The few months of separation had already seemed to have built up a slight, thin partition between brother and sister. 1967 Econ. Jrnl. 77 639 Actions which suggested the building of a middle wall of partition between the autonomous universities and the so-called ‘socially responsive’ institutions of the public sector. 1998 Differences (Nexis) 10 1 In the dynamic interplay of architectural form, such conceptual partitions between door and wall remain more figurative than literal. 5. a. Each of a number of spaces into which an object or surface is divided; a pane, a panel; a compartment, chamber, or room. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > compartment or chamber chambera1398 cellulea1400 partition1465 traversea1500 cell1577 concameration1638 apartment1679 thecaa1680 partitionment1851 compartment1866 cube1937 cubicle1938 1465–6 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 323 (MED) For xxxviij quarters of oke to the same steyres and dyerse perticiones of the walles. a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 142 In the Kings palais of calicut be many particions and chambres. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 66 Of a faire and straunge workemanshippe inwardes, with many great partitions, some full of pottes of honey, and maiz. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 105 That Man may know he dwells not in his own; An Edifice too large for him to fill, Lodg'd in a small partition . View more context for this quotation 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 412 The Hold was divided in many small partitions. 1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 37. 219 The temple was divided into two noble partitions. 1783 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 250 The garden before the house was in three partitions. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xxii. 385 A half-enthusiastic half-playful picture..which..saved you from seeing the world's ages as a set of box-like partitions without vital connection. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xviii. 283 All the while, in another partition of the brain, I was glowing and singing for my new-found opulence. 1900 G. Swift Somerley 58 She walked straight up to the window, which was divided into three partitions. 1964 C. V. Wedgwood Trial of Charles I (1967) v. 124 During the term a number of Courts sat there, in partitions roughly boarded off one from another. 1994 Wedding & Home June 148/2 Wall-stitching creates partitions inside the duvet without sewing the top and bottom together. b. gen. Each of the parts into which a whole is divided; a portion or section. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided dealinga1300 divisionc1374 partc1392 spacec1392 long divisionc1400 severingc1400 skyvaldc1400 foddinga1425 panelc1450 partition1561 roomstead1600 canton1601 separation1604 share1643 scissurea1667 cutting1726 departmenta1735 segment1762 compartment1793 distribution1829 segregation1859 dept.1869 section1875 tmema1891 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 39^v He..affirmeth, that there bee partes and partitions in the Essence of God, of whiche euerye portion is God. 1571 R. Ascham (title) Toxophilus, The Schole, or partitions of shooting contayned in ij bookes. 1608 R. Norton tr. S. Stevin Disme: Art of Tenths sig. Div The Yard, Ell, &c., with his tenne partitions. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 74 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Vituperative Partition will as easily be replenish'd. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) vii. 235 In each partition of our earth's time. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xii. 353 Their partitions of the daylight are el-féjr, the dawning before the sun; el-gaila, the sun rising towards noon [etc.]. 2003 Jrnl. Marketing Res. (Nexis) May 225 Although either variable, in isolation, could produce a potentially valid partition, management believed that such single-variable partitions would provide less useful insights than a partition that considered the joint contributions of both variables. †c. A section of a book. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] partition1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. iii. iv. 53 Of this last..I will speake..in my third Partition. d. Computing. A group of programs within a program library. rare. disused. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > group library1950 program library1957 suite1966 partition1968 1968 N. Chapin 360 Programming in Assembly Lang. iii. 30 A program library may be divided into groups of programs. These groups are called partitions of the program library. Groups of programs can also be known as phases, but a phase typically includes fewer programs than a partition. e. Computing. Each of a number of sections, usually of a fixed size, into which a storage device or a memory is divided for operational purposes, and which function independently; (a part of) a program which may be stored in one such section. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > block partition1971 society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > set of instructions routine1945 procedure1946 subroutinec1946 subprogramme1947 block1948 module1963 partition1971 script1978 1971 R. W. Watson Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 101. 2 The UCSB NCP is about 39K bytes and runs in a 60K byte partition. 1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxx. 259 The operating system may organise main storage into blocks of convenient size called partitions. 1985 Which Computer? Dec. 48/1 The first thing to do is to decide how many partitions you want and what their respective sizes are going to be. 1991 UNIX Rev. Sept. 52/2 Under SunOS, a partition is not completely filled until the usage is 111% (simply due to the way df reports space). 2000 ‘Dr. K.’ Compl. Hacker's Handbk. ii. 24 If you really need NT, don't forget to make it dual booting so you can run LINUX on a spare partition when you need to do some real hacking. 6. Heraldry. †(a) The division of a field into two or more parts of different tinctures (obsolete); †(b) an ordinary which separates or lies between two or more charges on a field (obsolete); (c) each of the divisions or compartments of a party field. Cf. parted adj.¹ 2, party adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > division of shield partition1486 compartment1590 copartiment1590 stance1632 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] > division by lines partition1486 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > division of ordinary > division into two parts partition1632 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. diij, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) The first particion..is of ij colouris in armys after the long way in the playne maner. 1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. dv, in Bk. St. Albans (MED) Of armys partyt ouerwart, the..particion ouerwart is made as mony wyse as is the partycion on length. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 43^v The thyrd partition, is ouer all the breadthe of the escocheon, and is blazed party per fesse, argent, and vert. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. ii. 118 Whensoeuer there is a separation of common charges..by reason of the Interposition of some..Ordinaries, then they are not termed Ordinaries, but most worthy Partitions. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Traverse There is also a Partition of an Eschucheon used in Heraldry of this Figure, which they call Parted per Pile [printed Pale] Traverse, Argent and Gules. 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Partitions, or Compartiments, as the French call them.., are the several Divisions made in it, when the Arms of several Families are born altogether by one. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 446 The French heralds employ special terms for some of the varieties of their partitions... Parti alone signifies pary per pale [etc.]. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 250/2 Partition, lines of, a field party per..need not be divided by a straight line..: there are fourteen standard deviations, [etc.]. 1990 Bull. Hispanic Stud. 67 411/1 The entire range of heraldic nomenclature from fields, tinctures, partitions and charges to cognizances, [etc.]. 7. a. The action of dividing something into parts; the fact or result of being so divided; esp. the division of a country or state into independent parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] partinga1382 distinctiona1387 partition1517 quartering1555 distincting1570 distinguishing1587 dividedness1656 scission1676 dismembering1677 dismemberment1727 splitting1737 repulsion1771 dipartition1838 splitting1847 piecemealing1853 diaeresis1856 fission1865 split-up1878 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 8 An ymage..With two fayre handes stretched out alonge Vnto two hye wayes there in pertycyon. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. O j Certayne questions for the partition and diuision of grounde. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 28 Some..ioynted or deuided as the Reede: some without any such particion. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. vi. §6 Quhen a word fales to be divyded at the end of a lyne, the partition must be made at the end of a syllab. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xi. 436 The partition of the Empire. 1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers xliii. 60 The particular precaution against the erection of new states, by the partition of a state without its consent, quiets the jealousy of the larger States. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 84 The threefold partition of mind into Emotion, Volition, and Intellect. 1894 Rev. of Reviews Apr. 403/1 The peaceful partition of Africa..is evidently going to be carried out amid a constant sputter of little wars. 1901 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 2 241 Such rotation ought not to be included in the partition of energy within the meaning of the Maxwell–Boltzmann law when properly stated. 1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 256 The Zionist Organization would resist any attempt to curtail the rights of the Jews as defined in the Mandate, either by Partition or any other measure. 1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. ci. 601 Incomplete fusion of the müllerian ducts, resulting in a partition of the vagina along its length. b. The division of Ireland into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland), achieved in 1922. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies whiteboyism1777 Defenderism1795 United Irishism1800 republicanism1807 Orangeism1811 Rockism1824 repeal1830 unionism1831 whitefootism1832 West Britonism1841 Young Irelandism1846 Home Rule1858 Fenianism1866 Land-leaguism1881 nationalism1885 Sinn Feinism1907 partition1919 Ulsterization1977 1919 Times 25 Jan. 9/5 (headline) Irish Unionist breach. New League against Partition. 1959 P. Colum Arthur Griffith ii. iv. 121 The Irish people were now shown that this claim would be countered by a move for Partition. 2000 Guardian 27 Jan. i. 21/1 They have finally accepted the legitimacy of Irish partition, sitting in a partitionist assembly and executive. c. The division of British India into India and Pakistan, achieved in 1947. ΚΠ 1941 K. Chandra Trag. of Jinnah xv. 220 Many schemes of partition of India on communal basis [sic] were put forward by a few fanatics, off and on. 1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will vi. 43 Hari Sahni's family..were Punjabi Indians who in 1947, at the time of Partition, had had to leave their native Lahore. 2003 Hindu (Nexis) 4 Feb. To sideline the Kashmir issue just as a normal dispute between nations I leave..to historians and the scholars of ‘Indian Partition’. †8. a. The action of separating two or more people or things; the fact or condition of being separated; separation, division; distinction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 165 Separaisón, a particion. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball We make no partition betwen y^e men and the weomen whilse they are in bathing. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 38 Can we not Partition make..Twixt faire, and foule? View more context for this quotation 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 273 Every wall of partition..it throws down. 1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers xxxvii. 5 Not less arduous most [sic] have been the task of marking the proper line of partition, between the authority of the general, and that of the state governments. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 104 Walls of ancient, harsh partition 'Twixt the people, and the crown. b. Scottish. Divorce. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] divorce1377 unbinding1382 divorcing1387 partising1496 divorcement1526 partitiona1540 separatinga1557 divorcy1565 divorsion1596 diffarreation1623 stand-away1704 talak1791 annulment1800 judicial separation1857 khula1884 splitsville1951 a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 8438 And ofter men findis caus of partitioun. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 41 The proces of partitioun betuix hir and the Erle Bothuell. 9. Mathematics. †a. The arithmetical operation of division (division n. 5a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division division?c1425 partition?a1560 long division1744 factorization1875 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xii. sig. D iij ^v Augment by the parts, and make particion by 12. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 3 Division, or Partition, is the finding of a Number which shews..how often the Number Dividing..is contained in the Dividend. b. Each of the different ways of expressing a whole number as a sum of positive integers (disregarding their order); a set of positive integers whose sum is a given whole number; the operation of ascertaining all of these ways.E.g. the two partitions of 3 are 1 + 1 and 1 + 2; the four partitions of 4 are 1 + 1 + 1 + 1; 1 + 1 + 2; 1 + 3; and 2 + 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > summing or addition > expression of number as sum partition1850 1850 J. F. W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 140 422 The number of partitions of which a given number x is susceptible, admitting 0 into them.., is the sum of the number of 1-partitions, bipartitions, tripartitions..up to s-partitions. 1855 A. Cayley in Proc. Royal Soc. 7 376 (title) Researches on the partition of numbers. 1900 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 193 365 If now we operate with D₂ we have to take account of the partitions, 1,1 and 2 of the number 2. 1949 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 199 361 The determination of the number of ways in which a given amount of energy can be shared out among the different possible states of an assembly, is essentially a problem of the same type as that of the determination of the number of partitions of a number. 1996 J. H. Conway & R. K. Guy Bk. Numbers iv. 95 In counting partitions, we are not concerned with the order of the parts. c. A collection of non-empty subsets of a given set such that each element of the latter is a member of exactly one of the subsets; a way of dividing a set thus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > partition separate1888 partition1905 1905 J. Pierpont Lect. Theory Functions Real Variables I. ii. 82 Let α be any number of ℜ; we can use it to throw all numbers of ℜ into two classes A, B. In A we put all numbers < α; in B all numbers > α. The number α we may put in A or B. This division of the numbers of ℜ into two classes we call a partition. 1937 J. H. Michell & M. H. Belz Elem. Math. Anal. II. xxi. 1051 The notion of partitions of the rationals forms the basis of Dedekind's treatment of real numbers. 1983 R. B. J. T. Allenby Rings, Fields & Groups ii. 61 The sets of all males, of all females and of all joggers do not form a partition of the human race. †10. Music. A written or printed arrangement of the several parts of a composition one below the other on the same set of staves; a score. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > score partition1597 score1701 music scorea1750 chart1957 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 97 Here it is set downe in partition, because you should the more easilie perceiue the conueiance of the parts. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Partition, in Music, the Disposition of the several Parts of a Song, set on the same Leaf; so as upon the uppermost Ranges of Lines are found the Treble; in another the Bass; in another the Tenor, &c. 1891 Daily News 24 Oct. 5/4 Here are to be found original scores and partitions, MSS. interesting not only to the musician but to the collector of autographs. †11. Theology. Analysis of Scripture; exegesis. Obsolete.Perhaps with allusion to 2 Timothy 2:15, ‘rightly diuiding the word of trueth’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 7 It is a safe rule in the partition of holy Scripture, not to churne the sincere milk thereof till butter come. 1684 S. Willard Mercy Magnified 9 We may briefly take partition of this parable. 12. Physical Chemistry. The distribution of a solute between two immiscible or slightly miscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with the solute's differing solubility in each. Cf. partition coefficient n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > partition partition1861 1861 Nat. Philos. for Use of Schools: Chem. & Chem. Anal. ii. 44 Partition of Elements.—Affinities are sometimes modified by circumstances which might not be supposed likely to produce any effect: thus, the more difficult solubility of one of the compounds present in a solution. 1898 C. L. Speyers Text-bk. Physical Chem. v. 119 (heading) Partition of substance between two solvents. 1950 F. Haurowitz Chem. & Biol. Proteins iii. 21 Synge..has made use of the partition of amino acids between water and..organic solvents which are immiscible with but partly soluble in water. 1971 J. Sherma & G. Zweig in G. Zweig et al. Paper Chromatogr. & Electrophoresis II. ii. 11 The paper..acts by a combination of partition, adsorption, and ion exchange. Compounds C1. † partition balk n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1581–90 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 412 A particion balke..of .16. foote breadthe. partition beam n. ΚΠ 1891 H. Herman His Angel 37 ‘Mind your eye, sir,’ at last cried the young man, ‘and don't budge. We've got to get that partition beam away. It's that that's crushing you.’ 1997 Trade Winds (Nexis) 7 July These machines can produce steel sheet, pipe/tube roofing, corrugated sheet,..partition beam, ceiling T bar, as well as door frames, and curtain tracks. partition fence n. ΚΠ 1639 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 51 A ticon [sc. particion] fence in the same. 1748 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1915) III. 608 [This land is] to be possess'd and enjoy'd by them..as ye partition fence between them now stands. 1870 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1869 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 395 Partition fences must be proof against sheep. 2003 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 6 Mar. 10 The alcoholic mother-of-two set fire..to the back garden partition fence. partition line n. ΚΠ 1713 Boston News-let. 28 Sept. 2/2 An Instrument of Agreement for the Adjusting & Fixing of the Partition or Dividend Line betwixt Her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay and the Colony of Connecticut. 1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens 145 If upon the partition-line, there has been a valid division. 1876 J. Moultrie Poems II. ii. 255 Here I stand a black partition-line between the bond and the free. 2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 May a5/1 Much of Cyprus has celebrated the recent opening of the 1974 partition line that had separated the island's Turks and Greeks. C2. partition chromatogram n. Biochemistry a chromatogram obtained by partition chromatography. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > chromatography > record of phase diagram1908 chromatogram1922 polarogram1925 paper chromatogram1944 partition chromatogram1944 gas chromatogram1952 1944 Biochem. Jrnl. 38 286/2 On paper strip partition chromatograms..a number of free peptides travel as reasonably narrow bands whose presence can be revealed by treatment with ninhydrin. 1973 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Process Design & Devel. 12 208 The experimental procedure consists of obtaining gas–liquid partition chromatograms on a series of small..cuts from the distillation. partition chromatography n. Biochemistry a form of chromatography which utilizes the differing solubilities of the components of a mixture in a liquid sorbent (chosen to be immiscible with the carrier if this is a liquid); spec. that in which the sorbent is a polar liquid and the carrier a less polar liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > chromatography > types partition chromatography1943 paper chromatography1947 ionography1950 gas chromatography1952 thin-layer chromatography1957 TLC1961 affinity chromatography1968 1943 A. H. Gordon et al. in Biochem. Jrnl. 37 79/1 We report new applications and developments of partition chromatography (Martin & Synge, 1941b) in the study of amino-acids and peptides. [Note] We employ the term ‘partition chromatography’ at the suggestion of Dr. E. Lester Smith, to distinguish it from the classical adsorption chromatography. Our earlier term ‘liquid-liquid chromatography’ was liable to confusion with the fractional elution procedure sometimes called ‘liquid chromatography’. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 94/2 Volatile, nonpolar substances such as hydrocarbons may be examined by gas adsorption or gas partition chromatography... Weakly polar substances such as alcohols..are examined by adsorption or partition chromatography. 1989 R. Dryer & G. Lata Exper. Biochem. i. vii. 158 To understand the theoretical aspects of partition chromatography, we need only slightly modify the theory just developed for adsorption chromatography. partition chromatographic adj. using partition chromatography. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [adjective] > of specific types > of or relating to chromatography > of specific types partition chromatographic1944 ionographic1950 gas chromatographic1952 perfusive1994 1944 Biochem. Jrnl. 38 65/1 We record here some technical aspects of the experience which we have gained in the use of our partition chromatographic method..for the quantitative analysis of amino-acid mixtures. 2003 Analyt. Lett. 36 (title) 441 High performance centrifugal partition chromatographic separation of Cu( ii), Mn( ii), Co( ii), and Ni( ii) using di-2-methylnonylphosphoric acid. partition coefficient n. [after French coefficient de partage (M. Berthelot & E. Jungfleisch 1872, in Ann. de chim. et de physique 26 398)] Physical Chemistry the ratio of the concentrations of a solute in either of two immiscible or slightly miscible liquids, or in two solids, when it is in equilibrium across the interface between them. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > partition > partition coefficient partition coefficient1891 1891 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 60 ii. 1148 (heading) Relation between affinity and partition coefficients in immiscible solvents. 1925 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 112 492 Variations in the concentration of cementite can be studied by means of the position of the Curie point, which allows of ascertaining variations in the partition coefficient of manganese between the carbide and the ferrite. 1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 773 One of the strongest arguments for a cumulate wehrlite source is the low concentration of Ni..in the most primitive phenocrysts in the akaramites. Given a partition coefficient of nine, this indicates a concentration in the liquid of 183 ppm. partition function n. Physics a sum of the form ∑i Ω_i exp (−E_i/kT) (where Ω_i is the degeneracy of the state with energy E_i, k is Boltzmann's constant, and T the absolute temperature), or an analogous integral, which enters into the expression for the distribution of the particles of a system among different energy states and other thermodynamic quantities (symbol Z). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > quantum mechanics > quantum field theory > [noun] > partition function partition function1925 1925 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 11 193 The fraction of the total number of atoms of a given kind which is active in absorption at a given temperature is obtained..from the formula n_r = [etc., where] T = absolute temperature, b(T) = the partition function. 1970 P. W. Atkins Molecular Quantum Mech. x. 392 The proportion of molecules in the rotational state J is given by Z⁻¹(2J + 1) × exp{−E(J)/kT}, where Z is the rotational partition function. 1995 Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 253 473 Free energy calculations were carried out on a series of exosite-binding inhibitors of thrombin... The free energy internal energy and entropic contributions are readily calculated from the partition function. Partition treaty n. now historical either of two treaties (of 11 October 1698 and 11 October 1700) which attempted to resolve the question of the Spanish Succession on the death of King Charles II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > specific treaties Partition treaty1703 assiento1714 Family Compact1741 extradition treaty1852 Geneva Protocol1922 Antarctic Treaty1948 Dayton1995 1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New ii. i. 22 Two of the greatest Things done in Spain this hundred years; I mean the Partition-Treaty, tho' it had no effect. 1781 S. Johnson Prior in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 12 The impeachment of those lords who had persuaded the king to the Partition-treaty. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1880) II. xxiv. 693 It was said, when first the terms of the Partition Treaty were made public..that the English and Dutch governments..were guilty of a violation of plighted faith. 1977 18th-cent. Stud. 10 506 The Chancellor was necessarily privy to the two Partition Treaties dealing with the Spanish succession. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). partitionv. Brit. /pɑːˈtɪʃn/, /pəˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: partition n. Etymology: < partition n. I. To divide. 1. a. transitive. To divide or sort into separate parts or portions; to divide and share out, among, or between; to distribute, share out, allocate (esp. land or territory). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out dealc1000 shiftc1000 to-partc1325 partc1330 departa1340 divide1377 portion?a1400 dressc1410 parcel1416 skiftc1420 describe1535 repart1540 sever1548 disparklea1552 enterparten1556 share1577 to share out1583 repartitec1603 dispart1629 parcena1641 cavel1652 partage1660 split1674 snack1675 partition1740 scantle1749 appart1798 whack1819 divvy1877 number1887 cut1928 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into parcels or portions parcel1416 cantc1440 to cantle out1583 share1595 parcellize1606 cantle1607 cantonize1608 partition1740 parcellate1927 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > divide a country or empire dismember1758 partition1828 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 115 She mentions his concealing himself to hear her partitioning out her cloaths. 1821 Examiner 8 July 420/1 He never sullied his conquests by partitioning and dividing the conquered. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. vi. 162 We have witnessed, in our own times, this political artifice of partitioning a great kingdom. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 24 A field of wheat is divided into cants when it is partitioned out in slips for the reapers, each of whom takes one or more cants as his share of work. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 348/1 The stretch of coast between Cape Blanco and the mouth of the Congo is partitioned among four European powers. 1936 H. A. L. Fisher Europe 166 There are, however, various ways in which authority may be devolved and territories partitioned. 1988 L. Gordon Eliot's New Life i. 34 The chorus, partitioned between various individual voices, represents all who confront the mystery of corruption. 1991 A. J. Pollard Richard III & Princes in Tower 67 The Warwick inheritance was thus partitioned between the avaricious brothers of the king and their wives. b. transitive. To divide into two or more parts by means of a partition or septum. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments space1557 comparta1785 section1819 sectionize1828 partition1849 sectionalize1854 to pound off1873 pigeonhole1879 compartment1930 compartmentalize1945 cellularize1948 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 50 The landscape was clothed in a mild and quiet light, in which the woods and fences checkered and partitioned it with new regularity. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 217 The internodes and petioles..are partitioned by diaphragms. 1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. iii. 44 We prefer to refer to the Protozoa as acellular, rather than as unicellular animals, that is, animals whose body substance is not partitioned into cells. 1967 N. Podhoretz Making It I. iii. 101 The Commentary offices were then located in a loft in the garment center which had been crudely partitioned into cubicles. 2000 Archaeology May–June 26 A radial scheme devised by the Inka for partitioning their capital into irrigation and kinship zones. c. transitive. Law. To divide (land) into a number of possessions separately owned. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > possess in law [verb (transitive)] > divide some part of property from whole > divide a joint estate sever1528 partition1880 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into parcels or portions > specific land canton1598 partition1880 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 442 The a. [actio]familiae erciscundae for partitioning an inheritance. 1883 Law Times Rep. 49 162/2 They claimed..that the estate should be sold in lieu of being partitioned. 1983 Business Lawyer (Nexis) Aug. When jointly owned property is partitioned, the value is referred to as the ‘commuted value’. 2001 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 706 Mr John Jarvis QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, ordered the following issues to be tried, namely..(ii) whether, and if so, how, the property should be partitioned. 2. transitive. Mathematics. To subdivide (a set) by means of a partition (partition n. 9c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > manipulate set [verb (transitive)] well-order1618 interpole1677 sum1740 interpolate1796 represent1897 truncate1955 intrapolate1956 partition1959 convolve1969 1959 H. Perfect & G. M. Petersen tr. P. S. Alexandroff Introd. Theory of Groups vi. 67 Every group may be partitioned into classes of mutually conjugate elements. 1968 E. T. Copson Metric Spaces v. 68 We can partition this set into two separated sets. 1990 IMA Jrnl. Numerical Anal. 10 467 Let us assume that the set [V] is partitioned into ν disjoint non-empty subsets. 3. Computing. a. transitive. To divide (a hard drive, memory, or disk) into a number of operationally distinct sections. ΚΠ 1959 [implied in: Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery 2 xii. 10/1 The flexible partitioning of memory is not available with decimal addressing. (at partitioning n.² 2)]. 1982 Computerworld 22 Mar. 73/1 The hard disk can be partitioned into up to four parts at the user's option. 1989 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 7 vi. 79/2 The disk..has already been low-level formatted, so you need to partition it and perform a DOS format. 2000 Wired July 200/2 That's part of its tech appeal: a frenetic tinkerability that could keep you as busy as a nerd partitioning his hard drive. b. transitive. To divide (a program or group of programs) into self-contained parts. ΚΠ 1966 IFIP-ICC Vocab. Information Processing (1968) 90 To Partition, to divide a program into self-contained parts..in order to be able to execute the program without maintaining it in its entirety in the internal store at any one time. 1977 Gloss. Terms Data Processing (B.S.I.) vii. 9/1 To Partition, to divide a computer program into segments. II. To produce by division. 4. transitive. With off. To separate by or as by a partition; to make into compartments by a division. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be or make interjacent [verb (transitive)] > partition or form a partition sever1422 part1458 intercept1662 intersect1785 split1795 partition1818 screen1850 fence1881 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > by a partition dissept1657 subdivide1726 to box off1815 cabin1815 partition1818 1818 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 251 Madge took Levitt's advice,..dragging Jeanie along with her into a sort of recess, partitioned off from the rest of the barn. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iv. 67 Paul had partitioned off half his little room to serve as a workshop. 1913 W. Cather O Pioneers! iii. ii. 206 After such a reverie she would rise hastily..and go down to the bath-house that was partitioned off the kitchen shed. 1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xl. 682 His lodging was a room partitioned off with plywood from the rest of the house. 1992 Garden Answers Jan. 17/1 If your greenhouse is heated, partition off one end of it with bubble polythene to keep the heat concentrated in one area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1429v.1740
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