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Meanings of partition in English

Russian
секционирование
Portuguese
partição
Catalan
subdivisió
Spanish
división

The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.

секционирование
Portuguese
divisória

A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

divisória
Synonyms
Examples for "divider"
Examples for "divider"
1
In death, as in life, he remained the divider of his people.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
2
Traffic gave way as Car 56 hurtled the divider into the blue.
Code Three
3
Class, it would appear, has truly displaced race as our greatest divider.
The South African
4
I ran through traffic, scaled the road divider, and disappeared into Nairobi.
Say you're one of them
5
Without seat belts, Harold and Sarah were jerked forward against the divider.
The sherlockian
Portuguese
partilhar
Catalan
partir
Spanish
partir

Divide into parts, pieces, or sections.

partilhar
Catalan
subdividir

Separate or apportion into sections.

subdividir
Usage of partition in English
1
A check of the partition table at this point shows the following:
Backup & recovery
2
Different nucleoid distribution within the cells, representing different partition stages, was observed.
Pubmed
3
The real object of the revolt was the partition of the duchy.
William the Conqueror
4
In the middle of the night, I heard talking through the partition.
The Inferno
5
There exists another partition-anomaly on the island of Ireland regarding broadcast provision.
The Guardian
6
Mr Tayto is in fact part of the collateral damage of partition.
The Irish Times
7
The partition of Poland was more favorable to Prussia than to Austria.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
8
Those over the doorways through the partition walls are found in place.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
9
I could hear my office phone begin to ring behind the partition.
Body work
10
Her latest film tells the epic story of the partition of India.
Radio NZ
11
A second later the door lock in the glass partition clicked open.
Nano
12
Only the president has access to the switch to lower the partition.
Reuters
13
There are twelve outer gates, and also gates in the partition wall.
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
14
The convoy also protests against the de facto partition of the island.
The Irish Times
15
The political partition of Ireland did not divide any of the Churches.
The Grey Book / A collection of protests against anti-semitism a...
16
The partition of Africa was designed for the expansion of European markets.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...