Partition vs. Repartition

Partition vs. Repartition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Partition and Repartition

Partitionnoun

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

Repartitionnoun

A distribution or apportioning of something again.

Partitionnoun

A part of something that has been divided.

Repartitionnoun

(computing) The formatting of a hard drive, a database, etc. into different partitions.

Partitionnoun

(math) 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.

Repartitionnoun

a partitioning of something in a different manner

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Partitionnoun

The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.

Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs

Repartitionverb

To format (a hard drive, a database, etc.) into different partitions.

Partitionnoun

A vertical structure that divides a room.

a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions''

Repartitionverb

(transitive) to partition again

Partitionnoun

That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.

Partitionnoun

A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

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Partitionnoun

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

Partitionnoun

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

Partitionnoun

(databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.

Partitionnoun

(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).

Partitionnoun

(music) A musical score.

Partitionverb

To divide something into parts, sections or shares

Partitionverb

To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status

Partitionverb

To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off

Partitionnoun

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

Partitionnoun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Partitionnoun

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

Partitionverb

divide into parts, pieces, or sections;

The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British

Partitionverb

separate or apportion into sections;

partition a room off