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subdivision

[suhb-di-vizh-uhn]

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noun

the act or fact of subdividing.

a product of subdividing, as a section of a department.

a portion of land divided into lots for real-estate development.

Botany, Mycology. a category of related classes within a division or phylum.

Origin:
1545–55; < Late Latin subdīvīsiōn- (stem of subdīvīsiō), equivalent to subdīvīs(us) (past participle of subdīvīdere to subdivide) + -iōn- -ion

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organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes

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subdivision (ˈsʌbdɪˌvɪʒən)

—n
1.	the process, instance, or state of being divided again following upon an earlier division
2.	a portion that is the result of subdividing
3.	(US), (Canadian) a tract of land for building resulting from subdividing land
4.	(Canadian) a housing development built on such a tract

subdivisional

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

subdivision

1550s (see subdivide); sense of "land broken into lots for housing development" is from 1911.

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