division

Substantiv

1. 1

   The act or process of dividing anything.

2. 2

   Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.

3. 3

   The process of dividing a number by another.

4. 4

   A calculation that involves this process.

   I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

5. 5

   A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

6. 6

   A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.

7. 7

   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.

   Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

8. 8

   An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.

9. 9

   A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

10. 10

    A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

    The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.

11. 11

    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.

12. 12

    A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.

13. 13

    A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

14. 14

    Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.

15. 15

    A lesson; a class.

16. 16

    A parliamentary constituency.

Formen

Plural

divisions