| 单词 | division |
| 释义 | division —divisional, divisionary, adj. —divisionally, adv. /di vizh"euhn/, n. 1. the act or process of dividing; state of being divided. 2. Arith. the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another. 3. something that divides or separates; partition. 4. something that marks a division; dividing line or mark. 5. one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section. 6. separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension. 7. Govt. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote. 8. one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes. 9. Mil. a. (in the army) a major administrative and tactical unit, larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller than a corps: it is usually commanded by a major general. b. (in the navy) a number of ships, usually four, forming a tactical group that is part of a fleet or squadron. 10. a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university: the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities. 11. (in sports) a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like: a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing. 12. Bot. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum. 13. Zool. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category. 14. Hort. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant. 15. the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music. [1325-75; ME divisioun, devisioun ( < AF) < L division- (s. of divisio), equiv. to divis(us) (see DIVISIBLE) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 1. separation, apportionment, allotment, distribution. DIVISION, PARTITION suggest dividing into parts. DIVISION usually means marking off or separating a whole into parts. PARTITION often adds the idea of allotting or assigning parts following division: partition of an estate, of a country. 4. boundary, demarcation. 5. compartment, segment. 6. breach, rift, disunion, rupture, estrangement, alienation. Ant. 6. accord, union. |
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