(counter-espionage) The act of dividing tasks involving confidential information so that no one person is capable of leaking enough to be incriminating. Alternatively, it can involve distributing information in such a way that no individual knows the full extent or purpose of the task they have been given, hence, if they are captured or monitored, the enemy would not be able to obtain useful information from any given person.
(software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
compartmentalize
compartmentalize
verb
(transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments.
compartmentalized
compartmentalized
adj
divided into compartments
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalize
compartmentalizes
compartmentalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize
compartmentalizing
compartmentalizing
verb
present participle of compartmentalize
copolymerization
copolymerization
noun
The polymerization of multiple monomers to form a copolymer
copolymerizations
copolymerizations
noun
plural of copolymerization
departmentalization
departmentalization
noun
The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc.
depolymerization
depolymerization
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments
epidermidalization
homopolymerization
homopolymerization
noun
The polymerization of a single type of monomer to form a homopolymer
imperialization
imperialization
noun
The process of imperializing.
impermeabilization
impermeabilization
noun
The act of impermeabilizing
impersonalization
impersonalization
noun
The process of making something impersonal.
metropolitanize
metropolitanize
verb
(transitive) To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.
metropolitanized
metropolitanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of metropolitanize
parliamentarization
parliamentarization
noun
The process of parliamentarizing.
photopolymerization
photopolymerization
noun
(chemistry, physics) Any polymerization reaction that requires light for the propagation step
polymerization
polymerization
noun
(chemistry) The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers).
repolymerization
repolymerization
noun
polymerization following previous depolymerization