Division

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

II. Division ·noun One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

III. Division ·noun The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

IV. Division ·noun Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.

V. Division ·noun The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

VI. Division ·noun Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.

VII. Division ·noun Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.

VIII. Division ·noun Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.

IX. Division ·noun The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

X. Division ·noun The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

XI. Division ·noun One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

XII. Division ·noun Separation of the members of a deliberative body, ·esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

XIII. Division ·noun 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.

XIV. Division ·noun A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

XV. Division ·noun 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.

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