An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



partition
  ۱) پرکه؛ ۲) پرکش؛ ۳) پرکیدن  
1) parke; 2) parkeš 3) parkidan
Fr.: 1, 2) parition, cloison, division; 3) cloisonner, diviser  

1a) A division into or distribution in portions or shares.

1b) A separation; something that separates or divides; a part, division, or section.

2a) The act or process of dividing something into parts. The state of being so divided.

2b) Math.: → integer partition; → set partition.

2c) Computers: → disk partition.

  1. To divide into parts or portions. To divide or separate by a partition.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.Fr. particion, from L. partition- “division, partition, distribution,” from p.p. stem of partire “to part, divide,” from PIE root *per- “to grant, allot,” related to → part and akin to pake, as below.

Etymology (PE): Parke, from Kermâni parke “piece, part, fragmant,” related to pâr “→ part;” parkidan, infinitive from parke; parkeš, verbal noun of parkidan.