Definition of compartmentalization Compartmentalization
com•part•men•tal•i•za•tion
We found 5 definitions of compartmentalization from 3 different sources.
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What does compartmentalization mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: compartmentalizations |
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| compartmentalization - a mild state of dissociation | ||
| compartmentalisation | ||
| disassociation, dissociation the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination; "I could not think of him in disassociation from his wife" | ||
| compartmentalization - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | ||
| categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, assortment | ||
| grouping the activity of putting things together in groups | ||
| indexing the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve | ||
| reclassification classifying something again (usually in a new category) | ||
| relegation mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" | ||
| stratification the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination | ||
| taxonomy practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships | ||
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Wiktionary 
- compartmentalization (Noun)
The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces. - compartmentalization (Noun)
The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
Part of speech
🔤- compartmentalization, noun, singular of compartmentalizations.
