partitive

adjective

Dividing or serving to divide something into parts; marked by division.

Indicating a part as distinct from a whole, as some of the coffee in the sentence She drank some of the coffee.

noun

A partitive word, such as many or less.

A partitive construction or case.

In grammar, denoting a part; defining a part by expression of the whole to which it belongs; indicating a part as related to a whole.