What is the meaning of Parting?

The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.

The state of being parted.

A farewell, the act of departing politely.

The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.

The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

present participle and gerund of part

Source: wiktionary.org