compartment
Example Sentences
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The hypothesis is that the submarine suffered a valve failure that allowed water to enter the battery compartment, triggering a fire and then an explosion.
From Barron's
The robots have four wheels and a bigger internal compartment for carrying food and goods .
From Los Angeles Times
But the focus is on distances—between people, and between the mental compartments in which they file away their sins.
Unlike traditional compartments in the cell, these droplet-like clusters are not enclosed by membranes.
From Science Daily
She said, the injury had caused "compartment syndrome" which put her leg at risk.
From Barron's
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