compartmental

adjective

com·​part·​men·​tal kəm-¦pärt-¦men-tᵊl 

¦käm-ˌpärt-

: divided or tending to divide into separate or independent compartments

a compartmental organization

compartmental seed pods

compartmentally adverb

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