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单词 compartmentalization
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compartmentalizationn.

/kɒmpɑːtˌmɛntəlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology: < compartmentalize v. + -ation suffix.
The action or state of dividing or being divided into compartments or sections; (see also quot. 1958). Chiefly figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into sections or compartments
insection1826
sectionalization1904
compartmentalization1923
compartmentation1956
sectionalizing1977
1923 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man i. 27 The much more rigid compartmentalization of animal mind and behaviour.
1946 New Yorker 17 Aug. 51 These scientists had worked for the Manhattan District..and the Army, temporarily abandoning its policy of ‘compartmentalization’ of information, had recently brought them together.
1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. 164 The sciences are relieved of the compartmentalization and isolation and become accessible.
1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns vii. 121 They erected invisible walls round every single little branch of research... This so-called ‘compartmentalization’ was decreed in spite of the fact that intensive security measures had already been taken.
1962 Listener 18 Jan. 120/2 It would be too big a job to trace the history of this compartmentalization of our minds.
1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating vii. 145 The fact that in some brain injuries the capacity of bilingual persons has been reduced to the speaking of one language and not the other has led to the belief that there may be compartmentalization in the brain.
1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 67/1 This was achieved by a very large fan, and by compartmentalisation of the base.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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