Definition of division

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Division (n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation..

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Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..
Kingdom :: Kingdom (n.) An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom..
Phytophaga :: Phytophaga (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
Vernier :: Vernier (n.) A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument..
Karyokinetic :: Karyokinetic (a.) Of or pertaining to karyokinesis; as, karyokinetic changes of cell division..
Pitheci :: Pitheci (n. pl.) A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) A separation into parts; a division or severance.
Tessellata :: Tessellata (n. pl.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.
Circle :: Circle (n.) A territorial division or district.
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Capitibranchiata :: Capitibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.
Split :: Split (n.) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
Anthobranchia :: Anthobranchia (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris..
Hemisection :: Hemisection (n.) A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided..
Set :: Set (n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique..
Bipartite :: Bipartite (a.) Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions..
Areolation :: Areolation (n.) Division into areolae.
Sedition :: Sedition (n.) Dissension; division; schism.
Quotient :: Quotient (n.) The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three..
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