division

IPA: dɪvˈɪʒʌn

(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
(taxonomy)
(botany, mycology) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
(zoology) An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
(government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
(law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
(UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
(Australia) A parliamentary constituency.

Examples of "division" in Sentences

The title division of the Indiana Department of Insurance didn't exist until 2006,
* No matter how much squabbling takes place, in one percentage or another the division is arranged.
Forecast: If this division is as forgiving as it appears, Oilers could even push for a division title.
More on blissful ignorance: Finley complains that I use the term division of labor as a "euphemism" for social stratification.
Chris McFarlane, the newly promoted head of the division is a self described high school dropout and he is actually proud of that fact!
"The benchmark to get into the playoffs in this division is a minimum of 95 wins," said new general manager Alex Anthopoulos, who replaced Ricciardi in October.
Economic division, racial division, religious division all this division is a formula to self destruction, our enemies only have to wait for the country to sink itself.
The women experienced the environment through their senses, and their spirituality was heavily reliant upon their senses as well, so such a division is the most practical.
_corps d'armée_ staff, the _Head-Quarters of_ [1st or 2d, &c.] _corps d'armée_; that of a division, the _Head-Quarters of_ [1st or 2d, &c.] _division_, [1st or 2d, &c.] _corps d'armée_.
Sure, climbing to 2-0 in the division is a huge accomplishment for the Redskins, but in the locker room, every player seemed to know just what the win meant for one player in particular.