# Partition the Surface

> A technique for dividing a surface that too many parties reason about into surfaces with fewer readers each.

Record: `lexicon:partition-the-surface`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-partition-the-surface

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Mark Claims with Their Read Moment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/mark-claims-with-their-read-moment.md) and before [Retain the Prior State in the Spanning Layer](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/retain-the-prior-state-in-the-spanning-layer.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Refactors

- [Fan-In Ceiling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/fan-in-ceiling.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)