partitive

adj 1: (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a

whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a

partitive construction"

2: indicating or characterized by or serving to create

partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in

education"

3: serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive

tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was

stronger than the separative" [syn: {separative}]

n : a word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a

part as distinct from a whole

partition

1. A {logical} section of a {disk}. Each partition

normally has its own {file system}. {Unix} tends to treat

partitions as though they were separate physical entities.

2. A division of a set into subsets so that each

of its elements is in exactly one subset.

(1996-12-09)