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Etymology
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*dwóh₁ |
From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)
- (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
- Synonyms: split, lith
- Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
- Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
- Antonym: multiplication
- (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
- I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
- (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- Hyponyms: square division, triangular division
- A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
- (taxonomy) 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.
- Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
- 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.
- The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.
- (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.
- Synonym: (informal) div
- (Australia) A parliamentary constituency.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- asexual division
- Burdwan division
- cell division
- cross-division
- divisional
- division algebra
- division bell
- division level
- division of labor
- division of labour
- division ring
- division sign
- division viol
- division-viol
- division-violist
- division violist
- equation division
- Euclidean division
- fair division
- first division
- harmonic division
- Jalpaiguri division
- joy division
- long division
- Malda division
- Medinipur division
- minor civil division
- Presidency division
- reduction division
- reproductive division
- school division
- second division
- second-division
- short division
- subdivision
- synthetic division
- time division
- trial division
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act or process of dividing anything
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each of the parts resulting from division
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arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another
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arithmetic: calculation involving this process
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large military unit
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section of a large company
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biology: taxonomic classification of plants
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disagreement; a difference of viewpoint
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law: concept of separate responsibility
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See also
[edit]- separation
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
- denominator
- fraction
- numerator
Further reading
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)
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Declension
[edit]Declension of division
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | division | divisionen | divisioner | divisionerne |
genitive | divisions | divisionens | divisioners | divisionernes |
Further reading
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin divisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]division f (plural divisions)
- division (act or process of dividing)
- (arithmetic) division
- (military) division
- division (subsection)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “division”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]division
- Alternative form of divisioun
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).
Noun
[edit]division c
- division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
- (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others
Declension
[edit]Declension of division | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | division | divisionen | divisioner | divisionerna |
Genitive | divisions | divisionens | divisioners | divisionernas |
References
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