Partition

verb

pɑr'tɪʃən

Noun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Similar:DivisionPartitioningSectionalisationSectionalizationSegmentation
Type of:Separation
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
Similar:Divider
Type of:StructureConstruction
(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

divide into parts, pieces, or sections
“The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British”
Type of:DivideSeparatePart
separate or apportion into sections
“partition a room off”
Similar:Zone
Type of:DivideSeparate