Word Meaning

division definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for division

- A mathematical process
- Mathematical operation for army unit
- organisation department at work
- schism