Definition of division

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Division (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote..

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Clamatores :: Clamatores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac..
Commander :: Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it..
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach..
Annulosa :: Annulosa (n. pl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only..
Metapode :: Metapode (n.) The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) A part; a division.
Vilayet :: Vilayet (n.) One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.
Lepidoganoid :: Lepidoganoid (n.) Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively..
Element :: Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber..
Trisection :: Trisection (n.) The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts..
Anallantoidea :: Anallantoidea (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms..
Passacaglio :: Passacaglio (n.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne..
Dorsibranchiata :: dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.].
Centurion :: Centurion (n.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
Ramify :: Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant..
Carinatae :: Carinatae (n. pl.) A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone..
Paleozoic :: Paleozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology..
Turnicimorphae :: Turnicimorphae (n. pl.) A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically..
Rank :: Rank (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division..
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