partition

1 one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled one of the partitions of a prefabricated house Synonyms member, part, portion, section, segmentRelated Words component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, moiety, parcel; cut, length; bit, fragment, particle, scrapNear 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, division, separation, separatorRelated 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, separation, schism, scission, split, sunderingRelated Words breach, rupture; divorce, severance; decomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivision; atomization, dichotomization, polarization; diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scattering; administration, apportionment, distribution; isolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestrationNear Antonyms assemblage, association; attachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkup; aggregation, combination, consolidation, fusionAntonyms unification, union