Partitive

[pɑ:titiv]

(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' .

Typist: Steven--From WordNet

(a.) Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

(n.) A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.

Checker: McDonald

a. (Gram.) Distributive.

n. (Gram.) Distributive.

Inputed by Franklin