资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Partition \Par*ti"tion\, n. [F. partition, L. partitio. See
   {Part}, v.]
   1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted;
      separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a
      kingdom.

            And good from bad find no partition.  --Shak.

   2. That which divides or separates; that by which different
      things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are
      separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space;
      specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or
      apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from
      another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster
      partitions.

            No sight could pass Betwixt the nice partitions of
            the grass.                            --Dryden.

   3. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
      [R.] ``Lodged in a small partition.'' --Milton.

   4. (Law.) The servance of common or undivided interests,
      particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent
      of parties, or by compulsion of law.

   5. (Mus.) A score.

   {Partition of numbers} (Math.), the resolution of integers
      into parts subject to given conditions. --Brande & C.