n.
- (especially with reference to a country) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
- a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall.
- Chemistry the distribution of a solute between two immiscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with its differing solubility in each.
- Computing each of a number of portions into which some operating systems divide memory or storage.
v.
- divide into parts.
- divide or separate by erecting a partition.
Derivative
- partitioner n.
- partitionist n.
Etymology
ME: from L. partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.