[di-vizh-uh
n] 
| 1. | the act or process of dividing; state of being divided. |
| 2. | Arithmetic. the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another. |
| 3. | something that divides or separates; partition. |
| 4. | something that marks a division; dividing line or mark. |
| 5. | one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section. |
| 6. | separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension. |
| 7. | Government. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote. |
| 8. | one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes. |
| 9. | Military.
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| 10. | a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university: the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities. |
| 11. | (in sports) a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like: a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing. |
| 12. | Botany. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum. |
| 13. | Zoology. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category. |
| 14. | Horticulture. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant. |
| 15. | the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music. |
division di·vi·sion (dĭ-vĭzh'ən)
n.
The act or process of dividing.
Cell division.
The operation of determining how many times one quantity is contained in another; the inverse of multiplication.
division (dĭ-vĭzh'ən) Pronunciation Key
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