Definition of partition

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Partition (v. t.) To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs..

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Biseptate :: Biseptate (a.) With two partitions or septa.
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..
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..
Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like..
Reredos :: Reredos (n.) A screen or partition wall behind an altar.
Interventricular :: Interventricular (a.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart..
Septate :: Septate (a.) Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell..
Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.
Room :: Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber..
Mediastinum :: Mediastinum (n.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels..
Compartition :: Compartition (n.) The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment..
Uniseptate :: Uniseptate (a.) Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants..
Falx :: Falx (n.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain..
Apartment :: Apartment (n.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions..
Interauricular :: Interauricular (a.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A score.
Partition :: Partition (v.) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions..
Dissepiment :: Dissepiment (n.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Repartimiento :: Repartimiento (n.) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes..
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