Compartment
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Compartment may mean:
- Compartment (heraldry), a component of heraldic display.
- Compartment (vehicle), a compartment in a passenger car (in Europe), sleeping car or any vehicle.
- Compartment (vessel), a compartment in a any ship, boat, or submarine.
- Compartments in mathematical modelling, see Multi-compartment model.
[edit] In biology
- Compartment (anatomy), a space of connective tissue between muscles.
- Compartment (chemistry), in which different parts of the same protein serves different functions.
- Compartment (development), fields of cells of distinct cell lineage, cell affinity, and genetic identity.
- Compartment (pharmacokinetics), a defined and distinct volume of body fluids.
- Cell compartment, a space enclosed by a membrane

