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| 1. | [ noun ] (military) an army unit large enough to sustain combat | |
| Examples: | "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" |
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| Related terms: | army_unit Special_Forces corps battle_group | |
| 2. | [ noun ] one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole | |
| Synonyms: | part section | |
| Examples: | : "the written part of the exam" "the finance section of the company" "the BBC's engineering division" |
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| Related terms: | concept component end beginning middle high_point whole | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act or process of dividing | |
| Related terms: | separation fractionation branching schism cut atomization quantization dichotomization syllabication bisection parcellation word_division cut cleavage quartering divide | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an administrative unit in government or business | |
| Related terms: | administrative_unit department branch business government | |
| 5. | [ noun ] discord that splits a group | |
| Synonyms: | variance | |
| Related terms: | discord | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum | |
| Related terms: | phylum Protista Thallophyta Tracheophyta Zygomycota Pteridophyta Spermatophyta Phanerogamae Cryptogamia Pteropsida Bryophyta Myxomycota Mastigomycota Lichenes Eumycota Deuteromycota Basidiomycota Ascomycota Lycophyta botany | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (military) a unit of the United States air force usually comprising two or more wings | |
| Synonyms: | air_division | |
| Related terms: | air_unit wing wing | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (sport) a league ranked by quality | |
| Synonyms: | class | |
| Examples: | "he played baseball in class D for two years" "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" |
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| Related terms: | league classify | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (nautical,military) a group of ships of similar type | |
| Synonyms: | naval_division | |
| Related terms: | naval_unit | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category | |
| Related terms: | biological_group division_Eubacteria Schizophyta Heterokontophyta Chrysophyta Phaeophyta Euglenophyta Chlorophyta Rhodophyta Cynodontia Dicynodontia Pisces Cyanophyta division_Archaebacteria form_division biology | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (mathematics) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed | |
| Related terms: | arithmetic_operation long_division short_division divide | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | |
| Synonyms: | subdivision partitioning segmentation sectionalization sectionalisation partition | |
| Related terms: | separation subdivision septation zoning separate sectionalise partition partition | |
| Similar spelling: |
divisional diffusion devising |
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