division
the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
Arithmetic. the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another.
something that divides or separates; partition.
something that marks a division; dividing line or mark.
one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section.
separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension.
Government. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote.
one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes.
Military.
(in the army) a major administrative and tactical unit, larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller than a corps: it is usually commanded by a major general.
(in the navy) a number of ships, usually four, forming a tactical group that is part of a fleet or squadron.
a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university: the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities.
(in sports) a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like: a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing.
Botany. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum.
Zoology. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category.
Horticulture. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant.
the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music.
Origin of division
1synonym study For division
Other words for division
Opposites for division
Other words from division
- di·vi·sion·al, di·vi·sion·ar·y, adjective
- di·vi·sion·al·ly, adverb
- hy·per·di·vi·sion, noun
- in·ter·di·vi·sion, noun
- in·ter·di·vi·sion·al, adjective
- in·ter·di·vi·sion·al·ly, adverb
- mis·di·vi·sion, noun
- non·di·vi·sion, noun
- non·di·vi·sion·al, adjective
- pre·di·vi·sion, noun
- pro·di·vi·sion, adjective
- re·di·vi·sion, noun
- self-di·vi·sion, noun
- sem·i·di·vi·sion, noun
- su·per·di·vi·sion, noun
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How to use division in a sentence
The division is responsible for protecting the rights of voters.
No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials | by Mike Spies, Jake Pearson and Jessica Huseman | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaThe division plans to co-found five to six companies over the next five years and invest $5 million to $8 million in each.
She was one of the world’s few female bank CEOs. Now she’s founding a fintech venture group | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 15, 2020 | FortuneThis “IoT Services” division is not being sold to Nvidia as part of the deal, and will remain owned by Softbank.
Nvidia’s purchase of Arm creates an A.I. computing juggernaut | Jeremy Kahn | September 14, 2020 | FortuneHemmerling is a former police officer and currently in charge of the criminal and community justice divisions.
Those Ticketed for Seditious Language Say Their Only Crime Was Talking Back | Kate Nucci | September 9, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoLos Angeles has all-world D-lineman Aaron Donald leading what was a top-10 EPA defense last year, which will help the Rams factor into this division battle despite the hell they’ve found themselves in financially.
What To Watch For In An Abnormally Normal 2020 NFL Season | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of Fame | Ben Jacobs | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPresident Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future | Jonah Edelman | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSo here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular.
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How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPublished by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
With each division, in addition to the divisional staff, there were officers detached from the headquarters staff.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonGiven one more division we might try: as things are, my troops won't cover the mileage.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIn her he felt again, more distinctly than before, another person—division, conflict.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodA second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe fillip given would have been far, far greater than that which the mere numbers (1,200 for the division) would seem to imply.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for division
/ (dɪˈvɪʒən) /
the act of dividing or state of being divided
the act of sharing out; distribution
something that divides or keeps apart, such as a boundary
one of the parts, groups, etc, into which something is divided
a part of a government, business, country, etc, that has been made into a unit for administrative, political, or other reasons
a formal vote in Parliament or a similar legislative body
a difference of opinion, esp one that causes separation
(in sports) a section, category, or class organized according to age, weight, skill, etc
a mathematical operation, the inverse of multiplication, in which the quotient of two numbers or quantities is calculated. Usually written: a ÷ b, a b, a / b
army a major formation, larger than a regiment or brigade but smaller than a corps, containing the necessary arms to sustain independent combat
navy a group of ships of similar type or a tactical unit of naval aircraft
air force an organization normally comprising two or more wings with required support units
(plural) navy the assembly of all crew members for the captain's inspection
biology (in traditional classification systems) a major category of the plant kingdom that contains one or more related classes: Compare phylum (def. 1)
horticulture any type of propagation in plants in which a new plant grows from a separated part of the original
logic the fallacy of inferring that the properties of the whole are also true of the parts, as Britain is in debt, so John Smith is in debt
(esp in 17th-century English music) the art of breaking up a melody into quick phrases, esp over a ground bass
Origin of division
1Derived forms of division
- divisional or divisionary, adjective
- divisionally, adverb
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Scientific definitions for division
[ dĭ-vĭzh′ən ]
The act, process, or operation of finding out how many times one number or quantity is contained in another.
A taxonomic classification within the plant kingdom that ranks immediately above a class and corresponds to a phylum in other kingdoms. See Table at taxonomy.
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