ALL meanings of division
di·vi·sion
D d - noun division separation 1
- noun division mathematics 1
- noun division section, department 1
- noun division the act or process of dividing; state of being divided. 1
- noun division difference of opinion 1
- noun division 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. 1
- noun division sth marking separation 1
- noun division something that divides or separates; partition. 1
- noun division military unit 1
- noun division something that marks a division; dividing line or mark. 1
- noun division category 1
- noun division one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section. 1
- noun division separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension. 1
- noun division Government. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote. 1
- noun division one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes. 1
- noun division 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. 1
- noun division 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. 1
- noun division (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. 1
- noun division Botany. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum. 1
- noun division Zoology. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category. 1
- noun division Horticulture. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant. 1
- noun division the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music. 1
- noun division The action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated. 1
- uncountable noun division The division of a large unit into two or more distinct parts is the act of separating it into these parts. 0
- uncountable noun division The division of something among people or things is its separation into parts which are distributed among the people or things. 0
- uncountable noun division Division is the arithmetical process of dividing one number into another number. 0
- variable noun division A division is a significant distinction or argument between two groups, which causes the two groups to be considered as very different and separate. 0
- countable noun division In a large organization, a division is a group of departments whose work is done in the same place or is connected with similar tasks. 0
- countable noun division A division is a group of military units which fight as a single unit. 0
- countable noun division In the British Parliament, a division is a vote where the Members of Parliament go into separate rooms in order to record their vote. 0
- countable noun division In some sports, such as football, baseball, and basketball, a division is one of the groups of teams which make up a league. The teams in each division are considered to be approximately the same standard, and they all play against each other during the season. 0
- noun division the act of dividing or state of being divided 0
- noun division the act of sharing out; distribution 0
- noun division something that divides or keeps apart, such as a boundary 0
- noun division one of the parts, groups, etc, into which something is divided 0
- noun division a part of a government, business, country, etc, that has been made into a unit for administrative, political, or other reasons 0
- noun division a formal vote in Parliament or a similar legislative body 0
- noun division a difference of opinion, esp one that causes separation 0
- noun division (in sports) a section, category, or class organized according to age, weight, skill, etc 0
- noun division 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, 0
- noun division a major formation, larger than a regiment or brigade but smaller than a corps, containing the necessary arms to sustain independent combat 0
- noun division a group of ships of similar type or a tactical unit of naval aircraft 0
- noun division an organization normally comprising two or more wings with required support units 0
- noun division the assembly of all crew members for the captain's inspection 0
- noun division (in traditional classification systems) a major category of the plant kingdom that contains one or more related classes 0
- noun division any type of propagation in plants in which a new plant grows from a separated part of the original 0
- noun division 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 0
- noun division (esp in 17th-century English music) the art of breaking up a melody into quick phrases, esp over a ground bass 0
- noun division a dividing or being divided; separation 0
- noun division a sharing or apportioning; distribution 0