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Meaning
Noun
●
An
action
which
divides
a
thing
into
parts
, or
separates
one
thing
from another.
●
A part of something that has been divided.
●
In Mathematics:
An approach to
division
in
which one
asks
what the
size
of each part is,
rather than
(
as in
quotition
)
how many
parts
there are.
●
The
division
of a
territory
into two or more
autonomous
ones.
●
A
vertical
structure that
divides
a room.
●
That which
divides
or
separates
; that by which different
thing
s, or
distinct
parts
of the same
thing
, are
separated
;
boundary
;
dividing line
or space.
●
A part
divided
off by
walls
; an
apartment
; a compartment.
●
In Law:
The
severance
of common or
undivided
interests
,
particularly
in
real estate
. It may be
effected
by
consent
of
parties
, or by
compulsion
of law.
●
In Computing:
A
section
of a
hard disk
separately
formatted.
●
In Databases:
A
division
of a
database
or one of its
constituting
elements
such as
tables
into
separate
independent
parts.
●
In Set theory:
A
collection
of
non-empty
,
disjoint
subsets
of a set whose
union
is the set itself (i.e. all
elements
of the set are
contained
in
exactly
one of the
subsets
).
●
In Music:
A
musical
score.
Verb
●
To
divide
something into
parts
,
sections
or shares.
●
To
divide
a
region
or country into two or more
territories
with
separate
political status.
●
To
separate
or
divide
a
room
by a
partition
(ex. a
wall
), often use with off.
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