partitive

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