单词 | partitioning |
释义 | partitioningn.1 Partitions collectively, esp. inside a house; material for partitions. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for walls walling1382 partitioning1660 screen walling1950 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > interior or partition-wall > collectively partitioning1660 1660 Acct. in E. Boswell Restoration Court Stage (1932) 239 Setting vp xj squares of p [ar] titioning vnder the degrees wth vj doores in them. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 67 Every hundred of Laths cover six yards of Ceeling or Partitioning. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 141 The Carcase, Flooring, Partitioning, Roofing, Ceiling-beams. 1811 J. Parkins Young Man's Best Compan. 135 Roofing, flooring, and partitioning by the principal carpenters. 1856 H. Melville Benito Cereno (rev. ed.) in Piazza Tales 197 All the partitionings had been thrown down, and the whole interior converted into one spacious and airy marine hall. 1952 Times 5 June 7/6 Aluminium has been used in the construction of the ship's two funnels.., gravity-type davits, interior partitioning [etc.]. 2000 Building Design 11 Feb. 10/4 Deciding where to put 8x4 sheets of basic plasterboard partitioning, is not outwardly sophisticated interior design. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). partitioningn.2 1. The action of partition v.; division into parts; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into parcels or portions > specific land partising1388 cantoning1625 partitioning1802 parcelment1847 1802 T. Jefferson Let. 22 June in Papers (2010) XXXVII. 653 A very useful emploiment for mr. Fitch will be the partitioning the side and end of the kitchen, and studding the 3. servants rooms. 1850 I. Mayhew Pop. Educ. 273 This vast gain is effected without the conquest or partitioning of the territory of any neighbouring nation. 1890 Daily News 8 July 5/1 The most stupendous business in territorial partitioning known to history. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 7/2 An additional estimate to permit of the partitioning of more schools. 1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 147 The [Moslem] League would resist..any new declaration which adversely affected the Moslem claim for the creation of Pakistan (the partitioning of India into Moslem and Hindu States). 1999 W. Soyinka Burden of Memory i. 39 Was the ‘partitioning of Africa’ by the imperial powers simply a geographical violation of a people's right of coming-into-being as nations? 2. Computing. The action or an instance of partitioning a computer memory, program, etc. ΚΠ 1959 Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery 2 xii. 10/1 The flexible partitioning of memory is not available with decimal addressing. 1990 E. Horowitz & S. Sahni Fund. Data Structures in Pascal (ed. 3) vii. 423 The subfile partitioning that takes place is described by the binary tree of Figure 7.7. 1997 Computer Music Jrnl. Summer 24/2 Partitioning usually requires the number of groups to be decided beforehand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). partitioningadj. 1. That partitions or divides a territory, country, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > dividing land partitioning1773 1773 Pennsylvania Gaz. 6 Oct. 3/1 The Czarina has relinquished all her share of Poland, to her partitioning confederates, in lieu of a guarantee from Austria and Prussia of all her claims upon the Turks. a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 65 Revolution has not..taught the three great partitioning powers more moderation. 1815 Ann. Reg. 110 The former annexations of the three partitioning Powers. 1996 Éire—Ireland Spring 122 The Irish case is sui generis in that the door has been left open by the partitioning state to a ‘democratic’ change in the gerrymander's status. 2. That forms a partition or division; separating. ΚΠ 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 283 Unseptate,..applied to a plant which has not partitioning divisions. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping (BNC) 32 You can quite happily introduce a male Betta splendens into both of your community aquariums without the need for a partitioning screen. 2003 Daily News (New Plymouth) (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Business section) 5 Mick now needs to install partitioning boards to separate the waiting room from the dental chair and workroom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11660n.21802adj.1773 |
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