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/kəmˌpärtˈmentlˌīz/,
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compartmentalizing, present participle; compartmentalized, past tense; compartmentalizes, 3rd person singular present; compartmentalises, 3rd person singular present; compartmentalised, past tense; compartmentalised, past participle; compartmentalising, present participle; compartmentalized, past participle;
  1. Divide into sections or categories
    • - he had the ability to compartmentalize his life
  1. separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
  2. (compartmentalization) a mild state of dissociation
  3. (compartmentalization) categorization: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
  4. (Compartmentalization (computer science)) In computer science, information hiding is the principle of segregation of design decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change, thus protecting other parts of the program from extensive modification if the design decision is changed. ...
  5. (Compartmentalization (engineering)) When referring to engineering, compartmentalization is the general technique of separating two or more parts of a system in order to prevent malfunctions from spreading between or among them.
  6. (Compartmentalization (intelligence)) In matters concerning intelligence, whether public or private sector, compartmentalization is the limiting of access to information to persons who have a need to know it in order to perform certain tasks.
  7. (Compartmentalization (psychology)) Compartmentalizing is the act of splitting an idea or concept up into (sometimes more or less arbitrary) parts, and trying to enforce thought processes which are inhibiting attempts to allow these parts to mix together again. ...
  8. (compartmentalization) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces; The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable
  9. (Compartmentalization) Type of building feature(s) that limit the extent of fire and smoke damage by dividing buildings into fire 'compartments' enclosed by firewalls, fire doors and by fire-rated floors and ceilings. ...
  10. (COMPARTMENTALIZATION) operational classification into NEED TO KNOW cutouts; discrete subdivision and discreet categorization so that isolated parts cannot jeopardize others or compromise the objective. ...
  11. (Compartmentalization) Focusing on certain priorities during certain scheduled times, except in cases of emergency or of brief and necessary diversion. For instance you focus on work at work, home life at home, project A during certain times, and project B at certain times, etc. ...
  12. (Compartmentalization) Process recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) for declaring an animal sub-population free of disease and the object of international trade. The animal population is defined (compartmentalized) using management criteria. ...
  13. (Compartmentalization) Separating and categorizing thoughts, feelings, emotions, and beliefs in order to deal with one thing at a time.
  14. (Compartmentalization) The cultural sport of boxing, sorting ourselves into the boxes we call specialization—or, in academia, departments.  See myopia.
  15. (Compartmentalization) the exclusive separation of the spokes, without any form of integration between them, as exemplified in the schisms of the contemporary "culture wars" between conservatives and progressives, or even in the academy between the humanities and sciences disciplines, and ...
  16. (compartmentalization) A nonhierarchical grouping of sensitive information used to control access to data more finely than with hierarchical security classification alone. [CNSSI] (see also access, access control, classified, control, information, security)
  17. (compartmentalization) In trees: the processes that result in isolation of wounded or diseased xylem from normal xylem by the formation of chemically and anatomically specialized tissue around the damaged zone. (21)
  18. (compartmentalization) Subdivision of molecules, cells, or genetic functions into discrete spatial or temporal units. For example, this can refer to the grouping together of a protein into distinct parts of the cell or of networks of genetic interactions into distinct functional units.
  19. (compartmentalization) The deliberate act of an individual who wholly and successfully detaches a set of circumstances or attitude from another set of circumstances or attitude in order to focus on a goal and/or make forward progress. ...
  20. (compartmentalization) The existence of boundaries within an organism beyond which a specific clone of cells will never extend during development.