compartmentaladj.
/kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl/ Consisting of, or of the nature of, compartments; of or pertaining to a compartment or compartments.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > consisting of compartments
compartmental1859
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > relating to or composed of divisions
divisional1846
segmental1854
compartmental1859
segmentary1898
sectoral1969
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 163 The painted compartmental framework [of the Sistine Chapel].
1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 4/3 An extension of the compartmental closure [in Parliament].
1905 Daily Chron. 2 June 3/3 The Yezdi view of life is isolated, compartmental.
1933 Planning 1 xvi. 15 The compartmental system does not stop at that.
Derivatives
compartˈmentally adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > as or with respect to a division
divisionally1872
compartmentally1934
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1969 All Eng. Law Rep. 3 1020 A document must be construed as a whole and not compartmentally.
1984 N.Y. Times 4 Nov. vii. 3/2 Reference books are arranged alphabetically and compartmentally.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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