Meanings
nouncompartition (countable and uncountable, plural compartitions)
plural compartitions
- countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of dividing into parts or compartments.
Synonyms: partition, compartmentalization
- countableobsoleteuncountableA division or compartment.
Their temples […] needed no compartitions.
1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of dividing into parts or compartments.
Origin
- Latincompartitio
- Englishcompartition
Latin compartitio.
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