■ noun
1》 (especially with reference to a country) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
2》 a structure dividing a space into two parts, especially a light interior wall.
3》 Chemistry the distribution of a solute between two immiscible solvents in contact with one another, in accordance with its differing solubility in each.
4》 Computing each of a number of portions into which some operating systems divide memory or storage.
■ verb
1》 divide into parts.
2》 divide or separate by erecting a ~.
Derivatives
~er noun
~ist noun
Origin
ME: from L. partitio(n-) , from partiri 'divide into parts'.