Definition of subdivision

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Subdivision (n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts..

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Champlain Period :: Champlain period () A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.
Trenton Period :: Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology..
Head :: Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon..
Turonian :: Turonian (n.) One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned..
Subdilated :: Subdichotomy (n.) A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision..
Variety :: Variety (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin..
Subhastation :: Subgroup (n.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision..
Quadrisection :: Quadrisection (n.) A subdivision into four parts.
Division :: Division (n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
Section :: Section (n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division..
Subdivision :: Subdivision (n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts..
Gens :: Gens (a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem..
Arrondissement :: Arrondissement (n.) A subdivision of a department.
Schoharie Grit :: Schoharie grit () The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology..
Subdolous :: Subdivision (n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.
Harlech Group :: Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..
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