repartition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a new or different distribution or apportionment of something

   The reform proposed a fairer repartition of tax revenue among the regions.

2. 2
   noun

   a new division of storage, data, or another whole into separate partitions

   The upgrade required a repartition of the server's storage space.

3. 3
   verb

   to divide or format something again into different partitions

   The technician had to repartition the drive before installing the system.

Borrowed from French repartition and also analyzable in English as re- + partition. French repartition denotes distribution or apportionment; the newer technical senses use re- in its productive sense 'again' for dividing storage anew.

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