n. The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
n. A division or compartment.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of dividing into parts; specifically, in architecture, the division or disposition of the whole ground-plan of an edifice into its various apartments.