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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Partition  \Par*ti"tion\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Partitioned};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Partitioning}.] 
  1.  To  divide  into  parts  or  shares;  to  divide  and  distribute; 
  as  to  partition  an  estate  among  various  heirs. 
 
  2.  To  divide  into  distinct  parts  by  lines,  walls,  etc.;  as 
  to  partition  a  house. 
 
  Uniform  without  though  severally  partitioned 
  within.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  partitioning 
  n  1:  an  analysis  into  mutually  exclusive  categories  [syn:  {breakdown}] 
  2:  separation  by  the  creation  of  a  boundary  that  divides  or 
  keeps  apart  [syn:  {division},  {partition},  {segmentation}, 
  {subdivision},  {sectionalization}] 




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