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15 Definitions of: division
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- noun, the act of dividing or state of being divided
- noun, the act of sharing out; distribution
- noun, something that divides or keeps apart, such as a boundary
- noun, one of the parts, groups, etc, into which something is divided
- noun, a part of a government, business, country, etc, that has been made into a unit for administrative, political, or other reasons
- noun, a formal vote in Parliament or a similar legislative body
- noun, a difference of opinion, esp one that causes separation
- noun, (in sports) a section, category, or class organized according to age, weight, skill, etc
- noun, a mathematical operation, the inverse of multiplication, in which the quotient of two numbers or quantities is calculated. Usually written: a ÷ b, ÷, a/b
- noun, a) army a major formation, larger than a regiment or brigade but smaller than a corps, containing the necessary arms to sustain independent combat b) navy a group of ships of similar type or a tactical unit of naval aircraft c) air force an organization normally comprising two or more wings with required support units
- noun, navy the assembly of all crew members for the captain's inspection
- noun, biology (in traditional classification systems) a major category of the plant kingdom that contains one or more related classes. Compare phylum
- noun, horticulture any type of propagation in plants in which a new plant grows from a separated part of the original
- noun, logic 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
- noun, (esp in 17th-century English music) the art of breaking up a melody into quick phrases, esp over a ground bass
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| Synonyms: | divide, piece, separation, detach, partition, bisect, share, distribution, assignment, r | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | unity |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of division