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- noun
division intocompartments - noun military Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the personnel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other component only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
- noun military Effects of relief and drainage upon avenues of approach so as to produce areas bounded on at least two sides by terrain features such as
woods ,ridges , orravines that limit observation or observed fire into the area from points outside the area. (JP 3-05.1)
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Examples
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And then he concludes, "Against that degree of control, that kind of compartmentation (ph), depth of discipline and fanaticism, I personally doubt -- and I draw again upon my 30 years of experience in this business -- that anything short of one of the knowledgeable inner-circle personnel of hijackers turning himself in to us, would have given us sufficient foreknowledge to prevent the horrendous slaughter that took place on the 11th."
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They, too, emphasize that an animal’s body can be subdivided into compartments by master regulatory genes, and that to a surprising extent the compartmentation is the same from fly to mammal.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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They, too, emphasize that an animal’s body can be subdivided into compartments by master regulatory genes, and that to a surprising extent the compartmentation is the same from fly to mammal.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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They, too, emphasize that an animal’s body can be subdivided into compartments by master regulatory genes, and that to a surprising extent the compartmentation is the same from fly to mammal.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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They, too, emphasize that an animal’s body can be subdivided into compartments by master regulatory genes, and that to a surprising extent the compartmentation is the same from fly to mammal.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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My friend said the biggest danger to him was that multiple government entities were targeting the Weather but were not cognizant of their duplicate efforts because of secrecy, need to know, compartmentation etc.
Matthew Yglesias » A Weather Underground Veteran Looks Back 2009
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As Harris later explained: The methodical reduction of enemy positions was possible in driving southward due to the compartmentation of the terrain.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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As Harris later explained: The methodical reduction of enemy positions was possible in driving southward due to the compartmentation of the terrain.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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And that, unfortunately, the intelligence we had in our possession -- again some of the stovepiping problem you related earlier and some of the compartmentation issue or some of the, I think, maybe uncertainty in the intelligence community about the importance of getting that information to the visa officers.
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NATTER: Well, every warship has compartmentation available to it.
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