Definition of partition

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Partition (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

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Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral..
Septum :: Septum (n.) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share..
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it..
Severance :: Severance (n.) The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation..
Room :: Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber..
Taeniola :: Taeniola (n.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.
Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..
Bipartition :: Bipartition (n.) The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided..
Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
Compartition :: Compartition (n.) The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment..
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden..
Interventricular :: Interventricular (a.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart..
Cloisonne :: Cloisonne (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd..
Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct..
Stopping :: Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..
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