partition 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.
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. |