division (n.)

  1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; two infantry divisions were held in reserve'

  2. a group of ships of similar type

    [ Syn: naval division ]

  3. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

  4. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

    [ Syn: partition , partitioning , segmentation , sectionalization , sectionalisation ]

  5. 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 BBCs engineering division

    [ Syn: part , section ]

  6. the act or process of dividing

  7. an administrative unit in government or business

  8. discord that splits a group

    [ Syn: variance ]

  9. a league ranked by quality; he played baseball in class D for two years; Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA

    [ Syn: class ]

  10. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

  11. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

  12. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

    [ Syn: air division ]

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