(noun.) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole.
(adj.) serving to separate or divide into parts; 'partitive tendencies in education'; 'the uniting influence was stronger than the separative' .
(adj.) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; 'partitive tendencies in education' .
(adj.) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; 'a partitive construction' .
校对:史蒂文