Definition of DIVISION

division

Meanings

Plural: divisions

Noun

  • 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"
  • the act or process of dividing
  • an administrative unit in government or business
  • discord that splits a group
  • a league ranked by quality
    • "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
  • (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
  • a group of ships of similar type
  • 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
  • The act or process of dividing anything.
  • Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
  • The process of dividing a number by another.
  • A calculation that involves this process.
  • A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
  • A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
  • A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
  • An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
  • A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
  • A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
  • A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
  • A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
  • A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
  • Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
  • A lesson; a class.
  • A parliamentary constituency.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Scrabble Score: 12

division is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
division is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
division is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

division is a valid Words With Friends word