| Noun | 1. | division - an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" |
| 2. | division - 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" | |
| 3. | division - the act or process of dividing | |
| 4. | division - an administrative unit in government or business | |
| 5. | division - an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed | |
| 6. | division - discord that splits a group Synonyms: variance | |
| 7. | division - a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" Synonyms: class | |
| 8. | division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category | |
| 9. | division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum | |
| 10. | division - a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings Synonyms: air division | |
| 11. | division - a group of ships of similar type Synonyms: naval division | |
| 12. | division - the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart |
DIVISION, Eng. law. A particular and ascertained part of a county. In Lincolnshire, division means what riding does in Yorkshire.
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