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What is a compartmentation?

What is a compartmentation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. division into compartments
  2. (military) Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the personnel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other component only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
  3. (military) Effects of relief and drainage upon avenues of approach so as to produce areas bounded on at least two sides by terrain features such as woods, ridges, or ravines that limit observation or observed fire into the area from points outside the area. (JP 3-05.1)
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Some tank trucks can carry varied products at once thanks to compartmentation of the tank into several compartments.
This design does not follow the principle of compartmentation, which is based on a subdivision comprising permanent watertight transverse bulkheads.
The convenient inner compartmentation keeps everything in order by means of various small pockets.
The craft seemed to have been circular, with compartmentation in spiral form, like a chambered nautilus.
The need for compartmentation relates to the need to provide horizontal egress on emergencies where persons are nonambulatory.
Metabolism and compartmentation of imported sugar in sink organs in regulation to sink strength.

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