partition

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Formal

n. the act of dividing a country into two or more separate nations.

n. the geopolitical division of a territory into two or more autonomous or independent political entities.

Español:partición

“The partition of the country led to many families being separated by the new border.”

“Historians continue to debate the long-term social and economic consequences of the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a separate section of a computer's hard drive that acts like a different disk.

n. a logical division of a hard disk drive or database into distinct, independent sections.

“He created a separate partition on his hard drive to install a different operating system.”

“The system administrator recommended creating a dedicated partition for the database to prevent log files from consuming all available disk space.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Mathematics Technical

n. a way of splitting a set of numbers into smaller groups where every number belongs to exactly one group.

n. a decomposition of a set into non-empty, disjoint subsets whose union is the original set.

“The teacher asked the students to find every possible partition of the set.”

“In number theory, a partition of a positive integer is a way of writing it as a sum of positive integers.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to divide a room or area into smaller parts using a wall or screen.

v. to divide a space or entity into distinct parts; frequently used with the particle 'off'.

“We decided to partition off a small area of the basement to use as a gym.”

“The builders were instructed to partition the warehouse into several smaller units suitable for light industrial use.”