n.
1.a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
2.the act of dividing or partitioning
3.(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit partition v.
1.divide into parts, pieces, or sections
2.separate or apportion into sections
Idiom of the Day
at (someone's) earliest convenience
when something is convenient for someone
I plan to speak to the bank manager at his earliest convenience.