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Definition of Compartmentalisation

1. Noun. A mild state of dissociation.

2. Noun. The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.

Definition of Compartmentalisation

1. Noun. (alternative form of compartmentalization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compartmentalisation

comparison shopping comparisonitis comparisons compart comparted comparting compartition compartitions compartment compartment pressure

compartment syndrome compartment syndromes compartmental compartmental model compartmental syndrome compartmentalisation (current term) compartmentalise compartmentalised compartmentalises compartmentalising

compartmentalization compartmentalizations compartmentalize compartmentalized compartmentalizer compartmentalizers compartmentalizes compartmentalizing compartmentation compartmentations

Literary usage of Compartmentalisation

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

1. Lifelong Learning for All: Meeting of the Education Committee at Ministerial by Albert Tuijnman (1996)
"... "life-cycle sensitive" perspectives and practices that break away from rigid (and inappropriate) age compartmentalisation patterns. ..."

2. Measuring Student Knowledge and Skills: A New Framework for Assessment by Andreas Schleicher (1999)
"... so that any effort to assess individual skills is likely to result in artificial tasks and an unnecessary compartmentalisation of the mathematical ..."

3. Korea and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Making the Transition by Carl J. Dahlman, Thomas Andersson (2000)
"... decisions must not be left to the local level as this would result in compartmentalisation and bring about new problems of consistency and co-ordination ..."

4. Beyond Kyoto: Energy Dynamics and Climate Stabilisation by Cedric Philibert, Jonathan Pershing (2002)
"... and can reinforce compartmentalisation in delivery. Another major obstacle to the effectiveness of partnerships is found in the issue of accountability. ..."

5. South Eastern Europe by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2003)
"A structural problem in pre-service teacher education institutions is their compartmentalisation. Their engagement with in-service education is only ..."

6. Key Issues for Transport Beyond 2000: Introductory Reports and Summary of by Ecmt, (Paris) European Conference of Ministers (2002)
"The elimination of obstacles to trade (technical standards, fiscal differentiation, compartmentalisation of public markets) makes it possible to produce ..."

7. Bulgaria by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2004)
"A structural problem in pre-service teacher education institutions is their compartmentalisation. Their engagement with in-service education is only ..."

8. Debris Impact On Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop Proceedings by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"... govern the assessment of blast/blowdown debris distribution, taking into account the degree of compartmentalisation for a specific containment. ..."

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