Meaning of compartmentation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Division into compartments; compartmentalization.
2. So as to prevent the spread of fire within a structure.
3. So as to prevent the spread of water (or rarely, another fluid) between otherwise watertight compartments (especially on a ship).
4. 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.

Examples

“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.”

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