隔かく壁へき

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

partition; barrier wall; bulkhead; septum; diaphragm

Refers to a physical dividing wall or membrane in architecture, engineering, biology, etc. The specific English term depends on the field.

• 船ふねの隔かく壁へきが浸しん水すいを防ふせいだ。

  The ship's bulkhead prevented flooding.

• 細さい胞ぼうの隔かく壁へきを通とおして物ぶっ質しつが移い動どうする。

  Substances move through the cell's septum.