Word Meanings - PARTITIONMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of partitioning.

Related words: (words related to PARTITIONMENT)

• PARTITION
  The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law. (more info) 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division;
• PARTITIONMENT
  The act of partitioning.
• QUADRIPARTITION
  A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
• BIPARTITION
  The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.
• COMPARTITION
  The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment. Their temples . . . needed no compartitions. Sir H. Wotton.
• TRIPARTITION
  A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.