Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or consisting of compartments; divided into compartments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective divided up into compartments or categories.
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- adjective   Of, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective divided up into compartments or categories
Etymologies
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Examples
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								No wonder so many of us have given up the religion of our youth, or live compartmental lives, or explore alternative belief/faith systems such as Zen, or the Scripture according to Gibran, or the religion of science! God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010 
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								No wonder so many of us have given up the religion of our youth, or live compartmental lives, or explore alternative belief/faith systems such as Zen, or the Scripture according to Gibran, or the religion of science! God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010 
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								No wonder so many of us have given up the religion of our youth, or live compartmental lives, or explore alternative belief/faith systems such as Zen, or the Scripture according to Gibran, or the religion of science! God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010 
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								He expressed his concern over the compartmental tendencies in ecology. 
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								She is more compartmental & can save her vendettas for a rainy day. Peggy Drexler: Should Obama Have Picked Hillary As His Running Mate? 2008 
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								The art of the ‘compartmental enamel’ is a Georgian know - how and is as much a mystery as, say, Alaskan bone - carving. 
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								He just used the YEC scientist as an extreme example of compartmental thinking. 
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								With compartmental modeling, not only are simulated neural networks interpretable as vector-to-vector transformers. The Philosophy of Neuroscience Bickle, John 2006 
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								The compartmental, "cellular" structure of all living organisms was discovered. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997 
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								He said Langley just erected a compartmental wall. American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995 
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