Definitions

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  • noun A partition that makes up part of a larger partition.
  • verb transitive To divide into further partitions.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ partition

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Examples

  • Most of these men are now either in prison or on the run, but they lasted long enough to see Bosnia-Herzegovina subjected to an almost terminal experience of partition and subpartition, splitting like an amoeba among Serb, Croat, and (in the Bihac enclave) Muslim bandits.

    The Perils of Partition 2003

  • Most of these men are now either in prison or on the run, but they lasted long enough to see Bosnia-Herzegovina subjected to an almost terminal experience of partition and subpartition, splitting like an amoeba among Serb, Croat, and (in the Bihac enclave) Muslim bandits.

    The Perils of Partition 2003

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