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partition US English

(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts

partition coefficient US English

the ratio of the concentrations of a solute in two immiscible or slightly miscible liquids, or in two solids, when it is in equilibrium across the interface between them

partition something off in partition US English

separate a part of a room from the rest by erecting a partition

repartition US English

divide (something) up, or partition or divide (something) again

equipartition (also equipartition of energy) US English

the equal distribution of the kinetic energy of a system among its various degrees of freedom