PARTITIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does partitioning mean? 

• PARTITIONING (noun)
  The noun PARTITIONING has 2 senses:

1. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

  Familiarity information: PARTITIONING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTITIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An analysis into mutually exclusive categories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

breakdown; partitioning

Hypernyms ("partitioning" is a kind of...):

analysis; analytic thinking (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partitioning"):

resolution; resolving (analysis into clear-cut components)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation

Hypernyms ("partitioning" is a kind of...):

separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "partitioning"):

subdivision (the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided)

septation (the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum)

zoning (dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc)

Derivation:

partition (separate or apportion into sections)

partition (divide into parts, pieces, or sections)

 Context examples 

Cluster analysis that uses stepwise partitioning of objects.

(Hierarchical Clustering, NCI Thesaurus)

A classification algorithm based on the robust classification method called partitioning around medoids.

(Modified Partitioning Around Medoids, NCI Thesaurus)

The organization of chromatin into loops permits the partitioning of chromatin into topologically independent domains, and is thought to facilitate its compartmentation into functionally independent regions.

(Chromatin Loop, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell partitioning techniques used to determine the subcellular distribution of molecules of interest.

(Cellular Compartment Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes partitioning defective 6 homolog alpha protein, plays a role in asymmetrical cell division and cell polarization processes.

(PARD6A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The stationary phase was packed in a column with materials that can be of any partitioning capability, adsorption, ion exchange, or affinity.

(Column Chromatography, NCI Thesaurus)

Such techniques include ion exchange columns, gel filtration methods, affinity chromatography, HPLC, aqueous two phase partitioning, and membrane separation.

(Biomolecule Separation Technology, NCI Thesaurus)

A statistical method of partitioning a sample of data into subsets such that the analysis is initially performed on a single subset, while the other subsets are retained for subsequent use in confirming and validating the initial analysis.

(Cross Validation, NCI Thesaurus)

Gatifloxacin exerts its effect through inhibition of DNA gyrase, an enzyme involved in DNA replication, transcription and repair, and inhibition of topoisomerase IV, an enzyme involved in partitioning of chromosomal DNA during bacterial cell division.

(Gatifloxacin, NCI Thesaurus)