1. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
   "the BBC's engineering division";
   - part, section
    
2. An army unit large enough to sustain combat
   "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
    
3. The act or process of dividing
   "The division of the estate among the heirs was complicated"
    
4. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
   "The division of the office into different departments improved workflow efficiency";
   - partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation [Brit]
    
5. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
   "The students practised long division in maths class"
    
6. An administrative unit in government or business
   "The marketing division presented their new campaign"
    
7. A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
   "The air division was deployed to support ground operations";
   - air division
    
8. A group of ships of similar type
   "The naval division included three destroyers and two frigates";
   - naval division
    
9. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
   "The division Chordata includes all vertebrates"
    
10. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
    "The division Magnoliophyta includes all flowering plants"
     
11. A league ranked by quality
    "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA";
    - class
     
12. Discord that splits a group
    "The controversial issue caused a division within the organization";
    - variance

Derived forms: divisions

Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, air unit, arithmetic operation, army unit, biological group, concept, conception, conference, construct, disagreement, discord, dissension, dissonance, 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