Definition of Compartmentalised

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

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

Definition of Compartmentalised

1. Verb. (past of compartmentalise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compartmentalised

comparisons
compart
comparted
comparting
compartition
compartitions
compartment
compartment pressure
compartment syndrome
compartment syndromes
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compartmental model
compartmental syndrome
compartmentalisation
compartmentalise
compartmentalised
compartmentalises
compartmentalising
compartmentalization
compartmentalizations
compartmentalize
compartmentalized
compartmentalizer
compartmentalizers
compartmentalizes
compartmentalizing
compartmentation
compartmentations
compartmented
compartmenting

Literary usage of Compartmentalised

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

1. The Mars Records Book 1: Clearing Sessions with a Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2000)
"We then found that Michael had different memories which had been compartmentalised in his brain. There were four ‘Michaels'. He operated normally as Michael ..."

2. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"But it seems that change comes least readily among those with compartmentalised beliefs. What became clear is that in order for one value to change, ..."

3. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don H. Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"State security institutions were more bureaucratic, compartmentalised with ... State security organisations were organised into compartmentalised units of ..."

4. Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills: A New Framework for Assessment by Andreas Schleicher (1999)
"However, school mathematics is often offered to students as a strictly compartmentalised science, and over-emphasises computation and formulae. ..."

5. Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A Guide for Researchers by Louise Grenier (1998)
"... IK) using 0 * Knowledge is too vast and exalted the dominant knowledge system (that a subject to be compartmentalised is, Western science). ..."

6. Beyond Kyoto: Energy Dynamics and Climate Stabilisation by Cedric Philibert, Jonathan Pershing (2002)
"... systems of government all too often is distant and compartmentalised when observed from the perspective of the local community. Decision-makers may lack ..."

7. Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Asia by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Even traditional distribution channels for product lines are no longer neatly compartmentalised. The emergence of alternative distribution channels has ..."

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