Partition
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another A part of something that had been divided, each of its results. The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones. A vertical structure that divides a room. A section of a hard disk separately formatted. A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To divide something into parts, sections or shares To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off
Example sentence: It becomes tricky if you ever try to partition off what might be seen as sexist criticism. To be honest, I just don't engage. The best way I can rebel against those notions is being competent, good at my job.
Partitioning
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To divide something into parts, sections or shares