subdivision
[suhb-di-vizh-uh n]
- the act or fact of subdividing.
- a product of subdividing, as a section of a department.
- a portion of land divided into lots for real-estate development.
- Botany, Mycology. a category of related classes within a division or phylum.
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Origin of subdivision
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Examples from the Web for subdivision
Contemporary Examples
A few years later, the family moved into the peaceful Raintree Subdivision of Temple Terrace.
Historical Examples
This subdivision of the large avenues, we were told, is gradually to be discarded.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
The subdivision of labour, with all its advantages, has its reverse to the medal.
Nuts and NutcrackersCharles James Lever
A street car line will connect the plant and the subdivision.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
The Subdivision, or part of a Chapter is marked usually thus, §.
A Short System of English GrammarHenry Bate
Subdivision of labor is one of the triumphs of modern civilization.
The Guardian AngelOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
subdivision
- the process, instance, or state of being divided again following upon an earlier division
- a portion that is the result of subdividing
- US and Canadian a tract of land for building resulting from subdividing land
- Canadian a housing development built on such a tract
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Word Origin and History for subdivision
n.
early 15c., "process of dividing into smaller parts;" mid-15c., "portion of land that has been divided," noun of action from subdivide. Sense of "land broken into lots for housing development" is from 1911.
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