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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A transverse structural partition in an aircraft or similar vehicle that separates compartments, forms a pressure or fluid barrier when required, and transmits in-plane and out-of-plane loads between adjoining structure as part of the primary load path.