division

n. act of separating into parts, partitioning; basic mathematical operation in which one number is divided by another; department, faculty; group of soldiers that form a distinct tactical unit within a squadron; league, ranking, level according to difficulty

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Noun
1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
(hypernym) army unit
(hyponym) Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces
(member-holonym) corps
(member-meronym) battle group
2. 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"
(synonym) part, section
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct
(hyponym) beginning
(part-holonym) whole
3. the act or process of dividing
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) parcellation
(derivation) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
4. an administrative unit in government or business
(hypernym) administrative unit, administrative body
(hyponym) department, section
(member-holonym) government, authorities, regime
5. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
(hypernym) arithmetic operation
(hyponym) long division
(derivation) divide, fraction
6. discord that splits a group
(synonym) variance
(hypernym) discord, dissension
7. a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
(synonym) class
(hypernym) league, conference
8. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
(hypernym) biological group
(hyponym) division Archaebacteria
(classification) biology, biological science
9. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
(hypernym) phylum
(hyponym) Protista, division Protista
(classification) botany, phytology
10. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
(synonym) air division
(hypernym) air unit
(part-meronym) wing
11. a group of ships of similar type
(synonym) naval division
(hypernym) naval unit
12. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
(synonym) partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
(hypernym) separation
(hyponym) subdivision
(derivation) separate, divide

nf. division, partitioning; basic mathematical operation in which one number is divided by another; group of soldiers that form a distinct tactical unit within a squadron

nf. division, sharing out, partition; split, league; divide, cleavage