Definition of Form division

1. Noun. An artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure.

Generic synonyms: Division

Lexicographical Neighbors of Form Division

forlorn
forlorn hope
forlorn hopes
forlorner
forlornest
forlornity
forlornly
forlornness
forlornnesses
forlorns
form
form'd
form-only(a)
form division (current term)
form factor
form factors
form family
form feed
form genera
form genus
form letter
form of government
form perception
form taxa
form taxon
formabilities
formability
formable

Literary usage of Form division

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon Including the Advancement by Francis Bacon, Joseph Devey (1904)
"Physics relate to the Investigation of Efficient Causes and Matter; Metaphysics to that of Final Causes and the Form. Division of Physics into the Sciences ..."

2. French Secondary Schools: An Account of the Origin, Development and Present by Frederic Ernest Farrington (1910)
"ARITHMETIC [Except for the work in proportion and the extraction of the square root, substantially the same as for the fourth form, Division A]. GEOMETRY. ..."

3. Guide to the Use of Libraries: A Manual for College and University Students by Margaret Hutchins, Alice Sarah Johnson, Margaret Stuart Williams (1922)
"If the number for a subject does not end in a 0, 0 is added before the form division is given; that is to say, in the case of a dictionary of mining ..."

4. Guide to the Use of Libraries: A Manual for Students in the University of by Margaret Hutchins, Alice Sarah Johnson, Margaret Stuart Williams (1920)
"If the number for a subject does not end in a 0, 0 is added before the form division is given; that is to say, in the case of a dictionary of mining ..."

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