Noun : A partition of the set (. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to partition off a dormitory into cubicles. From Dictionary.com.
In technical terms, the area was partitioned from the surrounding internet. From Wordnik.com. [p2pnet World Headlines – April 23, 2009] Reference
Poland re-emerged as an independent country after World War I, but it found itself once again partitioned by Germany and Russia in 1939. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas] Reference
"partitioned" - or in other words, divided - among the members of the partnership. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Whether or not Iraq is now progressively "partitioned" is largely a matter of terms. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: An Anniversary, Not a Celebration] Reference
Which is the problem, because the bill guarantees that PBGC will pay for all "partitioned" benefits. From Wordnik.com. [GetLiberty.org] Reference
"There was a kind of partitioned off hallway inside, with another door in the partition. From Wordnik.com. [The Depot Master] Reference
At the end of the hall was a little partitioned-off room. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning Bridge] Reference
One end of it was partitioned off for their fighting cocks. From Wordnik.com. [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference
The rooms were partitioned off by means of curtains on strings. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Hence that suite of three apartments had never been partitioned. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Over there, is the little, partitioned-off room for the Assistant City. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls] Reference
How to decorate your partitioned workspace without damaging your career. From Wordnik.com. [In Pictures: Pimp My Cubicle] Reference
In one corner was a partitioned off space, labeled: "President's Office.". From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
The playroom was really a part of the attic, partitioned off and lighted. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
During the 18th century it was partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesson Of Poland] Reference
Today, the library has been partitioned into an office and visitor's entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Tibet on Staten Island] Reference
In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Great Britain's holding, however, in the partitioned continent comprises its best portions. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Bosnia was partitioned by fighting during 1992-95 and governed by competing ethnic factions. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Miss Bruce stood some time unnoticed at the entrance of a large room, partitioned into boxes. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
Germany, after defeat, would be partitioned, occupied, and governed by the three victorious powers. From Wordnik.com. [The Invisible Government] Reference
Britain and Ireland are partitioned into thirteen military districts commanded by general officers. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute] Reference
The cabin had one large room and two bedrooms partitioned off at one end by six foot high partitions. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
They found Mr. King in the little partitioned off room of the Aegis hangar which he used as an office. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
But I didn't air that to Macartney as I followed him into the partitioned-off corner he called his room. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
In a series of agreements between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland amongst themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Each officer has a large room, part of which is partitioned off for a bedroom, and the field officers are allowed two rooms. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The Bowyer farm, a large tract of land belonging to him, was partitioned into lots some few years since, and sold at auction. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
The Keller was long and rambling, divided into innumerable small alcoves and corners, partitioned by strange and antique carvings. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
The dining room is large and very long, a part of which we have partitioned off with a piece of canvas and converted into a storeroom. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
"And back of that room," continued Billie, speaking quickly, "is a long sleeping porch that can be partitioned off into bedrooms ----". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
Background: Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
There are several other made traps, such as the trap cage; the best of which has a bird as a decoy partitioned off from the actual trap. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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