Noun Definition

division

1.Definition: (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Category: General

2.Definition: (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

Category: General

3.Definition: a group of ships of similar type

Category: General

4.Definition: a league ranked by quality

"He played baseball in class D for two years", "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

Related Noun(s):class

Category: General

5.Definition: a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Category: General

6.Definition: an administrative unit in government or business

Category: General

7.Definition: an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

Category: General

8.Definition: an army unit large enough to sustain combat

"Two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

Category: General

9.Definition: discord that splits a group

Related Noun(s):variance

Category: General

10.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):part, section

Category: General

11.Definition: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Related Noun(s):partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation

Category: General

12.Definition: the act or process of dividing

Category: General