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compartments 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/kəmˈpärtmənt/,
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compartments, plural;
  1. Divide (something) into separate parts or sections
    • - the buildings are to be compartmented by fire walls
Noun
  1. A separate section or part of something, in particular

  2. A division of a railroad car marked by partitions
    • - a first-class compartment
  3. A section of a container in which certain items can be kept separate from others
    • - there's some ice cream in the freezer compartment
  4. A watertight section of a ship
    • - the aft cargo compartment
  5. An area in which something can be considered in isolation from other things
    • - religion and politics should be kept in different compartments
  6. A grassy mound or other support depicted below a shield

  1. (compartment) a space into which an area is subdivided
  2. (compartment) a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
  3. (compartmental) divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"
  4. (Compartment (chemistry)) In chemistry, a compartment is a part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  5. (Compartment (development)) Compartments can be simply defined as separate, different, adjacent cell populations, which upon juxtaposition, create a lineage boundary. ...
  6. (Compartment (heraldy)) In heraldry, a compartment is a design placed under the shield, usually rocks, a grassy mount, or some sort of other landscape upon which the supporters are depicted as standing. ...
  7. (Compartment) A space designated within the aircraft for the carriage of passengers or deadload.
  8. (Compartment) a theoretical division of the body with an arbitrarily assigned half time for nitrogen uptake and elimination. In designing decompression tables the body is divided into a finite number of compartments for purposes of making calculations.
  9. (COMPARTMENT) A heraldic term for the symbolic base upon which a shield and supporters rest in a full set of armorial bearings– but see ‘coupeau’ and ‘mount’ (also ‘Appendix IV’, ‘armorial bearings’, ‘shield’ and ‘coat of arms’).
  10. (Compartment) (1) Forestry Definition – A basic administrative unit of a managed forest. (2) Building Definition - An enclosed space with floor, walls and ceiling.
  11. (Compartment) A large section in the interior of a handbag.
  12. (Compartment) A part of a building, comprising one or more rooms, spaces or storeys constructed to prevent the spread of fire to, or from, another part of the same building.
  13. (Compartment) A section of woodland.  For practical management a woodland is often divided into areas where a particular tree species predominates. ...
  14. (Compartment) A small to medium storage area placed with the case interior. A partitioned area within a case for isolating attachments or accessories.
  15. (Compartment) A unit within the forest, demarcated (for administrative purposes) by permanent features e.g. roads and streams.
  16. (Compartment) Forest management subdivision or block of land, usually of continuous land ownership (17).
  17. (Compartment) On the spine of a book.The areas between the raised bands. These are considered from top to bottom; the title label is usually in the second compartment.
  18. (Compartment) Seating area in a carriage separated off from other passengers by partitions. In a corridor coach, the compartment only occupies part of the width of the coach and has a door leading from it into the corridor.
  19. (Compartment) The base of the Arms, made of Dryas flowers (the clan badge)
  20. (Compartment) The ground on which supporters sometimes stand.
  21. (Compartment) The partitions and quarterings of the escutcheon according to the coat in it.
  22. (Compartment) a land area that is managed as a unit because of geographic or ownership boundaries (for example, roads, streams, fencelines) and/or because of similar characteristics within the area (for example, soil types, vegetation, productivity, topography).
  23. (Compartment) all living and working spaces within the watertight or fire-resisting boundaries on any one level, which have inter-communicating access.
  24. (Compartment) space created by a physical partition within a pretreatment component.
  25. (compartment) An autonomous epidemiological entity defined on the basis of either geography (zone) or management (enterprise) for the purpose of international trade.