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Definition of partition:
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off" |