Partitive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.)
     Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, n. (Gram.)
     A word or phrase expressing partition, or denoting a part;
     as, the phrase "of the team" in "half of the team".
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  partitive
       adj 1: (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a
              whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a
              partitive construction"
       2: indicating or characterized by or serving to create
          partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in
          education"
       3: serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive
          tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was
          stronger than the separative" [syn: {separative}]
       n : word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a
           part as distinct from a whole