Partition

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NOUN

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

the act of dividing or partitioning

VERB

divide into parts, pieces, or sections

separate or apportion into sections

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