Definition of: partition

(pär·tish′ən) noun
1. Division; separation.
2. A dividing line or boundary.
3. A wall or other barrier dividing one part or apartment from another.
4. An internal wall separating cells or cavities.
5. Law The division of property, especially of lands, among co–owners, either by agreement or by judicial decree; also, the dividing of lands held by tenants in common into separate parcels, so that they may be held in severalty.
6. Math. The representation of a positive whole number as the sum of whole numbers in all possible ways; also, any one of such ways.
7. Logic a The form of analysis that systematically unfolds the properties or attributes of a concept. b The process of explanation that exhibits the theme by means of its attributes.
8. A compartment; apartment; department; division.
—v.t.
1. To divide into parts, segments, etc.
2. To separate by a partition: with off.
3. To divide, as property, into shares or portions; apportion. [<OF particion <L partitio, -onis <partire divide]
—par·ti′tion·er noun