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COMPARTMENTALISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compartmentalised mean?
• COMPARTMENTALISED (adjective)
The adjective COMPARTMENTALISED has 1 sense:
1. divided up into compartments or categories
Familiarity information: COMPARTMENTALISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMPARTMENTALISED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divided up into compartments or categories
Synonyms:
compartmental; compartmentalised; compartmentalized
Context example:
most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized
Similar:
compartmented (divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units)
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