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compartmentalize Definition

com·part·men·tal·ize (käm′pärt ment'l īz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to put or separate into detached compartments, divisions, or categories

compartmentalize Related Forms
com′·part·men′·tali·za·tion noun
compartmentalize Usage Examples

Object

  • tradition: Information resources managers are trying to deal with hybrid environments, and our historical compartmentalized traditions don't work any longer.
  • life: It is a compartmentalized life, with different people involved in different areas.
  • way: Kitchen table inquiry aims to collapse the distinctions that compartmentalize the way we have learned to view our work and our lives.
  • trafficking: Lipid raft microdomains: a gateway for compartmentalized trafficking of Ebola and Marburg viruses.
  • discussion: This will compartmentalize discussions by subject to the interested and knowledgeable parties.
  • knowledge: The problem of universities, research and schools ( higher and lower ones ) is, that they compartmentalize knowledge.