compartmental

 [kuhm-pahrt-men-tl, kom-pahrt-]  

com·part·men·tal

   [kuhm-pahrt-men-tl, kom-pahrt-]
adjective
divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
Origin:
1855–60; compartment + -al1

Related forms
com·part·men·tal·ly, adverb
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compartment (kəmˈpɑːtmənt)
 
—n
1.  one of the sections into which an area, esp an enclosed space, is divided or partitioned
2.  any separate part or section: a compartment of the mind
3.  a small storage space; locker
 
[C16: from French compartiment, ultimately from Late Latin compartīrī to share, from Latin com- with + partīrī to apportion, from parspart]
 
compartmental
 
—adj
 
compart'mentally
 
—adv

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