noun
- An analysis into mutually exclusive categories.
- synonyms: breakdown
- The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
- synonyms: division, partition, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
verb
- Divide into parts, pieces, or sections.
- usage: "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British"
- synonyms: partition, partition off
- Separate or apportion into sections.
- usage: "partition a room off"
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