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.

Equivalents

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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