partition

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The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

As Mr. Mulla tells us, in the 1920s India was “in many ways the epicenter of the Muslim world,” still under British rule, home to a large portion of Islam’s population before partition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The partition of India in 1947 played a significant role in the family's history.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The experiments revealed that bridgmanite's ability to trap water, measured by its water partition coefficient, increases sharply at higher temperatures.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

Suppose that initially the molecules are all confined to the left-hand side of the box by a partition.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking