uncompartmented
English
Etymology
un- + compartmented
Adjective
uncompartmented (comparative more uncompartmented, superlative most uncompartmented)
- Not divided into compartments.
- 1959, Atomic Energy Commission, Heavy Water Moderated Power Reactor Plant: Preliminary Design of the Prototype Plant, United States, page 31:
- Of particular interest are the maximum uncompartmented lengths used, and the spacing methods used.
- 2009, Glenn P. Corbett, Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II, page 449:
- Fires in large, uncompartmented areas require levels of reach, penetration, and volume that are beyond the capabilities of smaller hand lines.
- 2013, Elizabeth Archibald, David F. Johnson, Arthurian Literature XXX, page 44:
- 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.
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