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21Partition — Par|ti|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Teilung, Einteilung 2. 〈antike Rhet.〉 Zerlegung des Begriffs in seine Teile [<lat. partitio „Teilung, Verteilung“] * * * Par|ti|ti|on, die; , en [lat. partitio, zu: partiri, ↑ Partei] (Fachspr.): Einteilung, Zerlegung… …
22partition — par|ti|tion1 [pa:ˈtıʃən US pər , pa:r ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin partitio, from partire; PART2] 1.) a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another 2.) [U] the action of separating a country into two or more… …
23partition — 1. A portion of a hard disk that the operating system treats as if it were a separate drive. In Windows, a hard disk can be divided into several partitions. A primary partition, generally assigned the drive letter C, might contain files that… …
24PARTITION — s. f. L ensemble, la réunion de toutes les parties d une composition musicale, rangées les unes au dessous des autres, selon la nature de leur diapason, et de manière à se correspondre exactement. La partition de l opéra d Alceste. La partition d …
25PARTITION — n. f. L’ensemble, la réunion de toutes les parties d’une composition musicale, écrites les unes au dessous des autres, de manière à se correspondre exactement. La partition de l’opéra d’ Alceste . La partition de Don Juan , etc. Cette partition… …
26partition — partitionable, adj. partitionary, adj. partitioner, partitionist, n. partitionment, n. /pahr tish euhn, peuhr /, n. 1. a division into or distribution in portions or shares. 2. a separation, as of two or more things. 3. something that separates… …
27partition — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ movable (esp. BrE), sliding ▪ Sliding glass partitions separate the main cafe and covered terraces. ▪ folding ▪ glass VERB + PARTITION …
28partition — par|ti|tion1 [ par tıʃn ] noun 1. ) count a wall, screen, or piece of glass used to separate one area from another in a room or vehicle 2. ) uncount the process of dividing a country into two or more separate countries: the partition of the… …
29partition — {{11}}partition (n.) early 15c., division into shares, distinction, from O.Fr. particion, from L. partitionem (nom. partitio) division, portion, from partitus, pp. of partire to part (see PART (Cf. part) (v.)). Sense of that which separates first …
30partition — 1 noun 1 (C) a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another 2 (U) the division of a country into two or more independent countries: the partition of India 2 verb (transitive + into) to divide a country, building, or room into two or… …
