Partitionable

[pahr-tish-uh n, per-] /pɑrˈtɪʃ ən, pər-/

noun
1.
a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
2.
a separation, as of two or more things.
3.
something that separates or divides.
4.
a part, division, or section.
5.
an interior wall or barrier dividing a room, area of a building, enclosure, etc., into separate areas.
6.
a septum or dissepiment, as in a plant or animal structure.
7.
Law. a division of property among joint owners or tenants in common or a sale of such property followed by a division of the proceeds.
8.
Logic. the separation of a whole into its integrant parts.
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Mathematics.

10.
Rhetoric. (in a speech organized on classical principles) the second, usually brief section or part in which a speaker announces the chief lines of thought to be discussed in support of his or her theme.
verb (used with object)
11.
to divide into or portions.
12.
to divide or separate by interior walls, barriers, or the like (sometimes followed by off):
to partition off a dormitory into cubicles.
13.
to divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities.
Compare .
14.
Law. to divide property among several owners, either in specie or by sale and division of the proceeds.
/pɑːˈtɪʃən/
noun
1.
a division into parts; separation
2.
something that separates, such as a large screen dividing a room in two
3.
a part or share
4.
a division of a country into two or more separate nations
5.
(property law) a division of property, esp realty, among joint owners
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(maths) any of the ways by which an integer can be expressed as a sum of integers
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(logic, maths)

8.
(biology) a structure that divides or separates
9.
(rhetoric) the second part of a speech where the chief lines of thought are announced
verb (transitive)
10.
(often foll by off) to separate or apportion into sections: to partition a room off with a large screen
11.
to divide (a country) into two or more separate nations
12.
(property law) to divide (property, esp realty) among joint owners, by dividing either the property itself or the proceeds of sale
n.

early 15c., “division into shares, distinction,” from Old French particion (12c.), from Latin partitionem (nominative partitio) “a sharing, division, partition, distribution; method of dividing,” from past participle stem of partire “to part” (see part (v.)). Sense of “that which separates” first recorded late 15c.
v.

1741, from partition (n.). Related: Partitioned; partitioning.

partition par·ti·tion (pär-tĭsh’ən)
n.

A division of a nation or territory into two or more nations. Cyprus, Germany, India, Ireland, Korea, Palestine, and Vietnam are notable examples of countries that have undergone partition.