uncompartmented

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ compartmented.

Adjective

uncompartmented (comparative more uncompartmented, superlative most uncompartmented)

1. 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.

Coordinate terms

• uncompartmentalized