0 past simple and past participle of compartmentalize
1 to separate something into parts and not allow those parts to mix together:
As a result, joints that traverse impermeable deformation band shear zones may provide the primary pathways for fluid flow in sandstones compartmentalized by these zones.
It was because so much tax revenue was generated that all this policy activity could be fragmented and compartmentalized without much open conflict.
Planctomycetes are unusual compartmentalized bacteria that include a membrane-bounded nucleoid.
What might seem less predictable is that so many remain explicitly or implicitly ethnically and racially compartmentalized.
The overarching structure of the piece is always clearly discernible, despite its compartmentalized construction.
Spirituality can be integrated with the clinical assessment of the patient and does not need to be compartmentalized from other medical treatment.
We analysed whether the phasmid x plant species associations were significantly more organized (compartmentalized) than random, indicating that phasmids differ in their host plant preferences.
Cells of both tissue types are turgid and compartmentalized, which is a sign of being alive.