division in English dictionary

  • division

    Meanings and definitions of "division"

    • (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
    • Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
    • (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
    • (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
    • (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
    • A section of a large company.
    • (biology, taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio ) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
    • A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
    • (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
    • (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
    • (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
    • (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The act or process of dividing anything.
    • noun
      Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
    • noun
      (arithmetic, uncountable)
      The process of dividing a number by another.
    • noun
      (arithmetic)
      A calculation that involves this process.
    • noun
      (military)
      A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
    • noun
      A section of a large company.
    • noun
      (taxonomy)
      A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
    • noun
      A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
    • noun
      (music)
      A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
    • noun
      (music)
      A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
    • noun
      (law)
      A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
    • noun
      (computing)
      Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
    • noun
      (Britain, Eton College)
      A lesson; a class.
    • An organizational level of a company. Divisions can be based on geography, (East Division, West Division); product specializations, (New Technologies Division); or any other characteristics.
    • A biological taxon in botany, mycology and microbiology, a group of species, part of a kingdom and consisting of one or more classes
    • In mathematics, an arithmetic operation which is the inverse of multiplication.
    • (traffic) lane
    • (army) division
    • division (of company)
    • division (arith)
    • department (in an organization)
    • separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling)
    • (lateral) branch
    • act or process of dividing anything
    • each of the parts resulting from division
    • arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another
    • arithmetic: calculation involving this process
    • large military unit
    • section of a large company
    • biology: taxonomic classification of plants
    • disagreement; a difference of viewpoint
    • law: concept of separate responsibility
    • noun
      an administrative unit in government or business
    • noun
      an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
    • noun
      an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
    • noun
      a group of ships of similar type
    • noun
      a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
    • noun
      a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
    • noun
      (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
    • noun
      (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
    • noun
      discord that splits a group
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
    • noun
      the act or process of dividing

    Synonyms of "division" in English dictionary

    administrative body, variance, naval division are the top synonyms of "division" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of division

    • division ( countable and uncountable;  plural  divisions)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza division, lm  liczba mnoga divisions
    • division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)
  • Division

    Meanings and definitions of "division"

    • Division (biology)

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