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A line drawn to end a fight that usually starts a bigger one.
means A divider or barrier that splits a single space, object, or territory into separate parts.
from From Latin 'partitio,' meaning a sharing or dividing, built on 'pars' (a part) — the same root behind 'portion,' 'party,' and 'particle.' It entered English through Old French in the late Middle Ages, first describing the splitting of property and land, and later expanding to walls, computer disks, and the dividing of whole countries.
- india 1947
- One border displaced fifteen million people overnight
- hard drive
- One disk pretends to be several separate ones
- latin root
- From partire, the same root as 'part'
- berlin wall
- A partition guarded by 116 watchtowers
- office life
- Cubicle walls are partitions sold as privacy
partition of india — 1947 division creating india and pakistan, displacing 15 million people
partition of korea — 1945 split at 38th parallel creating north and south korea
partition of palestine — 1947 un plan dividing british mandate territory between jewish and arab states