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Definition of Division
1. Noun. An army unit large enough to sustain combat. "Two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
Group relationships: Army Corps, Corps
Specialized synonyms: Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces
Member holonyms: Battle Group
Derivative terms: Divisional
2. Noun. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole. "The BBC's engineering division"
Specialized synonyms: Frame, Beginning, Middle, End, High Point, Component, Constituent, Element, Factor, Ingredient, Chukka, Chukker, Frame, Inning, Game, Bout, Round, Turn, First Period, Second Period, Final Period, Half, Period, Quarter, Over
Generic synonyms: Concept, Conception, Construct
Group relationships: Whole
Derivative terms: Divisional, Section
3. Noun. The act or process of dividing.
Specialized synonyms: Parcellation, Cleavage, Bisection, Quartering, Schism, Split, Cut, Cutting, Atomisation, Atomization, Fragmentation, Branching, Fork, Forking, Ramification, Dichotomisation, Dichotomization, Quantisation, Quantization, Fractionation, Syllabication, Syllabification, Hyphenation, Word Division, Cut, Cutting
Derivative terms: Divide, Divisional
4. Noun. An administrative unit in government or business.
Generic synonyms: Administrative Body, Administrative Unit
Specialized synonyms: Department, Section, Arm, Branch, Subdivision
5. Noun. Discord that splits a group.
6. Noun. A league ranked by quality. "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
7. Noun. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Biological Group
8. Noun. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Generic synonyms: Phylum
9. Noun. A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings.
10. Noun. A group of ships of similar type.
11. Noun. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
Generic synonyms: Arithmetic Operation
Derivative terms: Divide
12. Noun. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
Generic synonyms: Separation
Specialized synonyms: Subdivision, Septation, Zoning
Derivative terms: Divide, Divisional, Partition, Partition, Partitionist, Partition, Partition, Sectionalise, Sectionalize, Segment
Definition of Division
1. n. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
Definition of Division
1. Noun. The act or process of dividing anything. ¹
2. Noun. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. ¹
3. Noun. (arithmetic uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another. ¹
4. Noun. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process. ¹
5. Noun. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. ¹
6. Noun. A section of a large company. ¹
7. Noun. (biology taxonomy) A rank (Latin ''divisio'') below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank ¹
8. Noun. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. ¹
9. Noun. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones. ¹
10. Noun. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. ¹
11. Noun. (legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. ¹
12. Noun. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Division
1. the act of dividing [n -S]
Medical Definition of Division
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1. The act of dividing.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Division
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