partitionaladj.
/pɑːˈtɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /pəˈtɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /pɑːˈtɪʃən(ə)l/, /pəˈtɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪʃən(ə)l/, /pɑrˈtɪʃn(ə)l/ Of, relating to, or of the nature of a partition; characterized by partition.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > of the nature of a partition or dividing
parting1579
dividing1620
divident1644
partitional1658
intergerine1712
separating1908
1658 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 145 All partitional fences..shall be ordered by the select men.
1669 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 379 The Towne order says that partitionall ffences betweene Lot and Lot..shal be ordered by ye Select men.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. l. 401 A separating and partitional Work.
1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iv. 149 (note) The pods [of bonavist]..contain from three to five seeds in partitional cells.
1874 Times 20 Apr. 7/2 The Federal Governments were desirous of creating a non-interest bearing State debt, which is to be equally partitional upon identical principles among the different States.
1894 Proc. Royal Soc. 55 1 An interesting application..is to find for a crystal..a homogeneous arrangement of partitional interfaces such that each cell contains all the atoms of one molecule.
1957 Times 11 May 7/5 The Chief Butlery of Ireland may be in partitional abeyance, but it is hereditary with the Marquis of Ormonde.
1991 M. Blakemore & I. Masser Handling Geogr. Information (BNC) 151 The temptation in all classification exercises is to produce partitional schemes and this should really be resisted here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1658