Meanings
adjectiveunicompartmental (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving or relating to a single compartment.
Near-synonyms: unicellular, monocellular, unicameral, unilocular
Synonyms: unicellular, monocellular, unicameral, unilocular · Antonyms: compartmented, compartmentalized, recompartmentalized
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving or relating to a single compartment.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Italic*oinos
- Old Latinoinos
- Latinūnus
- Latinūni-
- Englishuni-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
- Proto-Italic*partis
- Latinpars
- Latinpartiō
- Latinpartior
- Latincompartīrī
- Italiancompartire
- Italiancompartimento
- Middle Frenchcompartiment
- Englishcompartment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishunicompartmental
By surface analysis, uni- + compartment + -al.
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APA
unicompartmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicompartmental
MLA
“unicompartmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicompartmental. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unicompartmental,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unicompartmental.
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