Definition of division
- n. - The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the
state of being so divided; separation.
- n. - That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
- n. - The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body;
a distinct segment or section.
- n. - Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord;
variance; alienation.
- n. - Difference of condition; state of distinction;
distinction; contrast.
- n. - Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of
the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
- n. - The process of finding how many times one number or
quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also,
the rule by which the operation is performed.
- n. - The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
- n. - Two or more brigades under the command of a general
officer.
- n. - Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision
of a battalion.
- n. - One of the larger districts into which a country is
divided for administering military affairs.
- n. - One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
- n. - A course of notes so running into each other as to form
one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
- n. - The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so
distinguished.
- n. - A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe
or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a
subkingdom.