compartmentation
/kəmˈpɑɹtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
The dissemination of information and knowledge between different people or organisations on a need-to-know basis, so as to reduce the risk of espionage should one person or organisation be compromised externally; compartmentalization.
Example Sentences
- "The fire spread rapidly after the building's compartmentation failed."
- "The reason for this compartmentation is FLAMETIGHT INTEGRITY. The purpose should be obvious: Propellent powder in flammable silk bags is always dangerous; compartmentation confines flame and explosive gas to the space in which it originates."
- "The Titanics compartmentation' did not stop water from entering rooms."
- "Compartmentation of the hull.—It has become the accepted practice in conventional rigid-airship construction to subdivide the buoyant gas into numerous independent containers[…]"
- "Nevertheless the principles of compartmentation of information and need to know are essential to secrecy."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English compartmentation From compartment + -ation.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəmˈpɑɹtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩/
- British English: /kəmˈpɑːtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩/