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division

/ division /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act or process of dividing
Type of:
separation
Kinds of:
parcellation cleavage bisection quartering schism
Derived:
divide split split up separate dissever
noun Sense 2
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
Type of:
biological group
Kinds of:
division Archaebacteria division Eubacteria Cyanophyta division Cyanophyta Schizophyta
Domain:
biology biological science
noun Sense 3
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Type of:
phylum
Kinds of:
Protista division Protista Thallophyta Tracheophyta division Tracheophyta
Domain:
botany phytology
noun Sense 4
an administrative unit in government or business
Type of:
administrative unit administrative body
Kinds of:
department section branch subdivision arm
Has parts:
government authorities regime
noun Sense 5
a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
Type of:
air unit
noun Sense 6
a group of ships of similar type
Type of:
naval unit
noun Sense 7
an army unit large enough to sustain combat
"two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
Type of:
army unit
Kinds of:
Special Forces U. S. Army Special Forces United States Army Special Forces
Has parts:
corps
noun Sense 8
discord that splits a group
Type of:
discord dissension
noun Sense 9
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
Type of:
arithmetic operation
Kinds of:
long division short division
Derived:
divide fraction
noun Sense 10
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Type of:
separation
Kinds of:
subdivision septation zoning
Derived:
sectionalize sectionalise segment section partition
noun Sense 11
a league ranked by quality
"he played baseball in class D for two years"
"Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
Type of:
league conference
Derived:
relegate classify class sort assort
noun Sense 12
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
"the written part of the exam"
"the finance section of the company"
"the BBC''s engineering division"
Type of:
concept conception construct
Kinds of:
beginning middle end high point component
Has parts:
whole
Derived:
segment section
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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separation parcellation cleavage bisection quartering schism biological group division Archaebacteria division Eubacteria Cyanophyta division Cyanophyta Schizophyta