division

/dɪvˈɪʒʌn/

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Noun
an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
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one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC''s engineering division"
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the act or process of dividing
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an administrative unit in government or business
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discord that splits a group
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a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
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(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
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(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
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a group of ships of similar type
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an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
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the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

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arm Ascomycota Ascomycotina atomisation atomization Basidiomycota Basidiomycotina beginning bisection bout branch branching Bryophyta Chlorophyta Chrysophyta chukka chukker cleavage component constituent Cryptogamia cut cutting Cyanophyta Cynodontia department Deuteromycota Deuteromycotina dichotomisation dichotomization Dicynodontia division Archaebacteria division Bryophyta division Chlorophyta division Chrysophyta division Cyanophyta division Cynodontia division Dicynodontia division Eubacteria division Euglenophyta division Eumycota division Gymnomycota division Heterokontophyta division Lichenes division Myxomycota division Phaeophyta division Protista division Pteridophyta division Rhodophyta division Schizophyta division Spermatophyta division Tracheophyta element end Euglenophyta Eumycota factor final period first period fork forking form division fractionation fragmentation frame Fungi imperfecti game Gymnomycota half Heterokontophyta high point hyphenation ingredient inning Lichenes long division Lycophyta Mastigomycota Mastigomycotina middle Myxomycota over parcellation period Phaeophyta Phanerogamae Pisces Protista Pteridophyta Pteropsida quantisation quantization quarter quartering ramification Rhodophyta round schism Schizophyta second period section septation short division Special Forces Spermatophyta split subdivision subdivision Ascomycota subdivision Ascomycotina subdivision Basidiomycota subdivision Basidiomycotina subdivision Deuteromycota subdivision Deuteromycotina subdivision Mastigomycota subdivision Mastigomycotina subdivision Pteropsida subdivision Zygomycota subdivision Zygomycotina syllabication syllabification Thallophyta Tracheophyta turn U. S. Army Special Forces United States Army Special Forces word division zoning Zygomycota Zygomycotina