Par·ti·tion n.
 1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
    And good from bad find no partition.   --Shak.
 2. That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, a compartment of a room, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions; cubicles with four-foot high partitions.
 No sight could pass
 Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.   --Dryden.
 3. A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment. [R.] “Lodged in a small partition.”
 4. Law. The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate.  It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
 5. Mus. A score.
 Partition of numbers Math., the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions.