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(verb) separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off" |
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Synonyms: subdivide, zone |
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Related Words: divide, screen off, separate, separate off |
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(verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British" |
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Synonyms: partition off |
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Related Words: divide, part, separate |
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(noun) a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) |
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Synonyms: divider |
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Related Words: bulkhead, construction, screen, structure, wall |
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(noun) (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit |
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Related Words: computer memory unit |
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(noun) separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart |
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Synonyms: division, partitioning, sectionalization, segmentation, subdivision |
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Related Words: separation, septation, zoning |
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