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uncompartmented en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + compartmented.

Meanings

1. Not divided into compartments.
   • Of particular interest are the maximum uncompartmented lengths used, and the spacing methods used. 1959, Atomic Energy Commission, Heavy Water Moderated Power Reactor Plant: Preliminary Design of the Prototype Plant, United States, page 31:
   • compartmented parks were the norm for private hunting parks; but parks using the uncompartmented wood-pasture system, or 'wooded commons' (parks shared for a fee), were more numerous in medieval England. 2013, Elizabeth Archibald, David F. Johnson, Arthurian Literature XXX, page 44:
   • Near-synonyms: uncompartmentalized, compartmentless, unpartitioned, undivided, partitionless, dividerless
   • Fires in large, uncompartmented areas require levels of reach, penetration, and volume that are beyond the capabilities of smaller hand lines. 2009, Glenn P. Corbett, Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II, page 449:

Forms

Synonyms

dividerless · undivided · compartmentless · partitionless · uncompartmentalized · unpartitioned