partition

¹par·ti·tion

noun \pär-ˈti-shən, pər-\

Definition of PARTITION

1

: the action of parting : the state of being parted : division

2

: something that divides; especially : an interior dividing wall

3

: one of the parts or sections of a whole

Examples of PARTITION

1. A thin partition separates the two rooms in the cabin.
2. Folding partitions separate the different banquet halls in the building.
3. The bank teller sat behind a glass partition.
4. the partition of former Yugoslavia
5. the partition of Korea into North and South Korea

First Known Use of PARTITION

15th century

Related to PARTITION

Synonyms: member, part, portion, section, segment

Antonyms: unification, union

Related Words: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrap

Near Antonyms: whole; aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

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Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

Rhymes with PARTITION

addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition