DIVISION

Definition of DIVISION

  1. (noun)an army unit large enough to sustain combat
  2. (noun)one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
  3. (noun)the act or process of dividing
  4. (noun)an administrative unit in government or business
  5. (noun)discord that splits a group
  6. (noun)a league ranked by quality
  7. (noun)(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
  8. (noun)(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
  9. (noun)a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
  10. (noun)a group of ships of similar type
  11. (noun)an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
  12. (noun)the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart