Hypertext Webster Gateway: "partitioning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Partition \Par*ti"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Partitioned}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Partitioning}.]
1. To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute;
as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
2. To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as,
to partition a house.
Uniform without, though severally partitioned
within. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
partitioning
n 1: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn: {breakdown}]
2: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the
creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: {division},
{partition}, {segmentation}, {sectionalization}, {sectionalisation}]
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