1. An analysis into mutually exclusive categories
   "The market research included a partitioning of consumers by age and income";
   - breakdown
    
2. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
   "The partitioning of the office into different departments improved workflow efficiency";
   - division, partition, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation [Brit]

1. Divide into parts, pieces, or sections
   "The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British";
   - partition off
    
2. Separate or apportion into sections
   "partition a room off";
   - zone

Derived forms: partitionings

Type of: analysis, analytic thinking, divide, part, separate, separation

Encyclopedia: Partitioning