partition : Idioms & Phrases

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Partition of numbers

  • (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions.
Webster 1913

partition off

  • verb divide into parts, pieces, or sections
    partition.
    • The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British
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Transverse partition

  • (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.
Webster 1913