• Compartment

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri ("to divide with, to share with"), from com- + partiri ("to apportion, to divide, to share")

    Full definition of compartment

    Noun

    compartment

    (plural compartments)
    1. A room, or section, or chamber
    2. One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
    3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
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