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Noun: division di'vizhun- An army unit large enough to sustain combat
"two infantry divisions were held in reserve" - One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
"the BBC's engineering division" - part, section - The act or process of dividing
- An administrative unit in government or business
- Discord that splits a group
- variance - A league ranked by quality
"Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" - class - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
- (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
- A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
- air division - A group of ships of similar type
- naval division - An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
- The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation [Brit]
Derived forms: divisions See also: divide, divisional Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, air unit, arithmetic operation, army unit, biological group, concept, conception, conference, construct, discord, dissension, league, naval unit, phylum, separation Part of: army corps, authorities, business, business concern, business organisation [Brit], business organization, concern, corps, government, regime, whole Encyclopedia: Division |