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'''Partition'''  may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
===Film and television===
* [[Partition (1987 film)|''Partition'' (1987 film)]], directed by Ken McMullen
* [[Partition (2007 film)|''Partition'' (2007 film)]], directed by Vic Sarin
* ''[[Partition: 1947]]'', or ''Viceroy's House'', a 2017 film

===Music===
* [[Partition (music)]], a segment created from a set
* [[Partition (song)|"Partition" (song)]], by Beyoncé, 2014
* ''Partition'', soundtrack to the 2007 film by [[Brian Tyler]]

==Law and politics==
* [[Partition (law)]], the division of an estate
* [[Partition (politics)]], a change of political borders, including:
** [[Partition of India]]
** [[Partition of Ireland]]
** [[Partitions of Poland]]

==Science and technology==
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===Computing===
* [[Disk partitioning]], the division of a hard disk drive
* Memory partition, a [[Memory management (operating systems)#Partitioned allocation|memory management]] technique
* [[Partition (database)]], the division of a logical database
* [[Logical partition]], a subset of a computer's resources, virtualized as a separate computer
* [[Binary space partitioning]], in computer science
* [[Partition problem]], in number theory and computer science

===Mathematics===
* [[Integer partition]], a way to write an integer as a sum of other integers
* [[Multiplicative partition]], a way to write an integer as a product of other integers
* [[Partition of an interval]], a finite sequence of real numbers 
* [[Partition of a set]], grouping elements of a set
* [[Partition of unity]], of a topological space
* [[Plane partition]], in mathematics and especially combinatorics
* [[Graph partition]], the reduction of a graph to a smaller graph

==Other uses==
* [[Folding screen]], a piece of furniture
* [[Portable partition]], a form of temporary walls
* [[Ljubljanica Sluice Gate]], or the Partition (''Pregrada'')
* [[Division of the field]], or partition of the field, in heraldry

==See also==
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* [[Compartment (disambiguation)]]
* [[Divider (disambiguation)]]
* [[Part (disambiguation)]]
* [[Partition function (disambiguation)]]
* [[Section (disambiguation)]]
* [[Stanchion]]
* [[Bulkhead (partition)]], an upright wall in a shipn, an airplane or a boxcar
* [[Cubicle]], a partially enclosed office workspace
* [[Partition coefficient]], in the physical sciences
* [[Partition wall]], used to separate or divide a room

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