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1. An army unit large enough to sustain combat
   "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
    
2. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
   "the BBC's engineering division";
   - part, section
    
3. The act or process of dividing
    
4. An administrative unit in government or business
    
5. Discord that splits a group
   - variance
    
6. A league ranked by quality
   "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA";
   - class
    
7. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
    
8. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
    
9. A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
   - air division
    
10. A group of ships of similar type
    - naval division
     
11. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
     
12. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
    - partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: divisions

Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, air unit, arithmetic operation, army unit, biological group, concept, conception, conference, construct, discord, dissension, league, naval unit, phylum, separation

Part of: army corps, authorities, business, business concern, business organisation [Brit], business organization, concern, corps, government, regime, whole

Encyclopedia: Division