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compartmental, a.|kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl|
[f. compartment n. + -al1. Cf. departmental.]
Consisting of, or of the nature of, compartments; of or pertaining to a compartment or compartments.
1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 163 The painted compartmental framework [of the Sistine Chapel]. 1894Westm. Gaz. 23 May 4/3 An extension of the compartmental closure [in Parliament]. 1905Daily Chron. 2 June 3/3 The Yezdi view of life is isolated, compartmental. 1933Planning I. xvi. 15 The compartmental system does not stop at that.
Hence compartˈmentally adv.
1934in Webster. 1969Law Rep. III. 1020 A document must be construed as a whole and not compartmentally. 1984N.Y. Times 4 Nov. vii. 3/2 Reference books are arranged alphabetically and compartmentally. |