What's the difference between partition and union?

Partition


Definition:

  • (v.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.
  • (v.) That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions.
  • (v.) A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
  • (v.) The servance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
  • (v.) A score.
  • (v. t.) To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.
  • (v. t.) To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The relative rates of reduction of several spin-labeled molecules that partition differently across the hy-drophobic-interface of inner membranes from rat liver mitochondria were investigated.
  • (2) Isoprenylated proteins were enriched in the detergent phase upon partition with the non-ionic detergent Triton X-114.
  • (3) This provides unequivocal evidence that partitioning is the dominant form of retention for small nonpolar solutes.
  • (4) Folch extraction and partition followed by silicic acid column chromatography revealed the antigens to be glycolipids.
  • (5) The volume changes of the respiratory system were partitioned using an inductance plethysmograph.
  • (6) Equilibrium-partitioning measurements indicate that the relative affinities of different probes for PC-rich vesicles, in competition with HODMA or DOTAP vesicles, increase with increasing hydrogen-bonding capacity of the probe headgroup in the order PC less than N,N-dimethyl PE less than N-methyl PE less than PE approximately phosphatidyl-2-amino-1-propanol.
  • (7) The partition ratio of 2.0 obtained for the reaction with L 658758 approaches that of an optimal inhibitor.
  • (8) In addition, our data suggest that part of the difference may reside in differential partitioning of lipid into lysosomes.
  • (9) Changing the partition of the load on the femoral surface and the permeability at the tibial surface changes the time-dependent response, but has little effect on the strain distributions at times of the order of 5 s considered in this study.
  • (10) This symmetry, with respect to the sign of the charge, indicates that discreteness-of-charge effects are not significant in determining the potential-sensitive phase partitioning of these probes in model membranes.
  • (11) At pH 7.0, acrylamide partitions between the bulk aqueous phase and the proteins, human serum albumin, monellin and ovalbumin.
  • (12) Two-phase systems consisting of water, dextran and poly(ethylene glycol) have been used for partition of membranes obtained from Torpedo marmorata electric organ.
  • (13) P61 is solubilized by Triton X-114 treatment of membranes and partitions into the detergent phase upon warming.
  • (14) It was founded in 1984 by Hussain, a former Chicago cab driver, and won broad support among the "mohajirs" - Muslims who fled India after partition in 1947.
  • (15) The history of the relationship of biological activity to partition coefficient and related properties is briefly reviewed.
  • (16) Triton X-114 solubilized material from both the virulent and attenuated strains, which partitioned into the hydrophobic, detergent phase, contained LLS and major proteins of 41 and 44 kDa, which were also immunoprecipitable from intact organisms.
  • (17) This may lead to large errors in pathological tissue because the partition coefficient changes significantly in brain tumors.
  • (18) Experimental data are presented for: (a) the flux of diflorasone diacetate through hairless mouse skin, (b) the percutaneous penetration profile of propylene glycol, (c) the effects of vehicle concentrations of polyoxypropylene 15 stearyl ether and propylene glycol on the percutaneous flux of diflorasone diacetate, (d) skin--vehicle partition coefficients of diflorasone diacetate, (e) the solubility profile of diflorasone diacetate as a function of solvent concentration, and (f) the alteration of the skin's resistance to the penetration of diflorasone diacetate due to propylene glycol.
  • (19) Our present results thus provide parameters for the separation of cells by partition in addition to or instead of membrane charge depending on the polymer and salt composition and concentration selected.
  • (20) A methanol-aqueous KCl extraction is used, followed by cleanup with clarifying agents and partition into chloroform.

Union


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
  • (n.) Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
  • (n.) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
  • (n.) A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
  • (n.) A large, fine pearl.
  • (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
  • (n.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
  • (n.) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
  • (2) 2.39pm BST The European Union called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation of the alleged chemical attack.
  • (3) The night before, he was addressing the students at the Oxford Union , in the English he learned during four years as a student in America.
  • (4) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (5) Also critical to Mr Smith's victory was the decision over lunch of the MSF technical union's delegation to abstain on the rule changes.
  • (6) Unions have complained about the process for Chinese-backed companies to bring overseas workers to Australia for projects worth at least $150m, because the memorandum of understanding says “there will be no requirement for labour market testing” to enter into an investment facilitation arrangements (IFA).
  • (7) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
  • (8) George Osborne said the 146,000 fall in joblessness marked "another step on the road to full employment" but Labour and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) seized on news that earnings were failing to keep pace with prices.
  • (9) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
  • (10) Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and returned to Russia 20 years later.
  • (11) For a union that, in less than 25 years, has had to cope with the end of the cold war, the expansion from 12 to 28 members, the struggle to create a single currency and, most recently, the eurozone crisis, such a claim risks accusations of hyperbole.
  • (12) Both face and paw receptive fields are unions of a certain set of skin areas called compartments.
  • (13) If wide notice is taken of a current spat over what we can read about Shakespeare’s sexuality into the sonnets in the correspondence columns of the Times Literary Supplement, Sonnet 20 may be a future favourite at civil unions.
  • (14) As the US and the European Union adopted tougher economic sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 , Russian officials struck a defiant note, promising that Russia would localise production and emerge stronger than before.
  • (15) The values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and the respect for human rights are absolutely fundamental to the European Union.
  • (16) • Queen Margaret Union, one of the University of Glasgow's two student unions, says 200 students there are marching on the principal's office at the moment to present an anti-cuts petition.
  • (17) Whatever else Scott is about, Waverley ends with a vision of Britishness and a British union.
  • (18) A teaching union has questioned appointment of a trustee of Britain's largest academy chain group as chairman of the schools regulator Ofsted , in what was a surprise announcement meant to calm some of the internal conflicts within the coalition.
  • (19) Corruption scandals have left few among the Spanish ruling class untainted, engulfing politicians on the left and right of the spectrum, as well as businesses, unions, football clubs and even the king’s sister .
  • (20) Thatcher made changes to the UK's tax system, some changes to welfare, and many to the nature of British jobs, both through privatisation and economic liberalisation – not least in her battle with the unions.