partition

partition

noun

Definition of PARTITION

1

one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled <one of the partitions of a prefabricated house>

Synonyms member, partition, portion, section, segment

Related Words component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrap

Near Antonyms whole; aggregate, composite, compound, sum, total, totality

2

something that divides, separates, or marks off <put up a partition to divide the room into two>

Synonyms divider, partition, separation, separator

Related Words barrier, fence, wall; border, boundary, limit

3

the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces <the partition of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia>

Synonyms bifurcation, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, split, sundering

Related Words breach, rupture; divorce, severance; decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision; atomization, dichotomization, polarization; diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering; administration, apportionment, distribution; isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration

Near Antonyms assemblage, association; attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup; aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion

Antonyms unification, union