Definition of Compartmentalized

1. Adjective. Divided up into compartments or categories. "Most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"

Exact synonyms: Compartmental, Compartmentalised
Similar to: Compartmented
Derivative terms: Compartment, Compartmentalize

Definition of Compartmentalized

1. Verb. (past of compartmentalize) ¹

2. Adjective. divided into compartments ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compartmentalized

compartment
compartment pressure
compartment syndrome
compartment syndromes
compartmental
compartmental model
compartmental syndrome
compartmentalisation
compartmentalise
compartmentalised
compartmentalises
compartmentalising
compartmentalization
compartmentalizations
compartmentalize
compartmentalized
compartmentalizer
compartmentalizers
compartmentalizes
compartmentalizing
compartmentation
compartmentations
compartmented
compartmenting
compartmentlike
compartments
compartner
compartners
comparts
compas

Literary usage of Compartmentalized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"This review describes the compartmentalized expression of the genes encoding ... The Compartmentalized Expression of AChR Genes Several mechanisms have been ..."

2. Public Health, Occupational Safety and Environmental Concerns in Municipal ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In Hampton, New Hampshire, BFI uses only two manual-loading compartmentalized trucks to collect recyclables whereas 13 compactors collect MSW (personal ..."

3. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"... they forgot that the "seemingly neat and compartmentalized steps of the [strategic] process are neither neat nor compartmentalized. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"They are abundant in most encrusting communities. The colonies are composed of compartmentalized calcareous skeletons (Figs. 1 and 2) each of which houses a ..."

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