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compartition

compartition noun: the act of dividing into parts or compartments.

Noun

compartition (countable and uncountable, plural compartitions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
  2. (obsolete) A division or compartment.
    • Their temples […] needed no compartitions.1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC

Synonyms of compartition

Forms of compartition

pluralcompartitions

Origin of compartition

Latin compartitio.

Questions about compartition

What does compartition mean?
Compartition means the act of dividing into parts or compartments.
What part of speech is compartition?
Compartition is a noun.
What is the plural of compartition?
The plural of compartition is compartitions.

Words near compartition in the dictionary

  1. comparsa
  2. comparsas
  3. compart
  4. comparted
  5. comparting
  6. compartition
  7. compartitions
  8. compartment
  9. compartment syndrome
  10. compartment syndromes
  11. compartmentable

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