Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
partition that makes up part of a larger partition. - verb transitive To divide into further
partitions .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
sub- + partition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word subpartition.
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.
-
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.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.