division meaning and definition

DIVISION noun

Definition of division (noun)

1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat
   • "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
2. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
   • "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
   • synonyms: part, section
3. the act or process of dividing
4. an administrative unit in government or business
5. discord that splits a group
   • synonyms: variance
6. a league ranked by quality
   • "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
   • synonyms: class
7. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
8. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
9. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
   • synonyms: air division
10. a group of ships of similar type
    • synonyms: naval division
11. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
12. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
    • synonyms: partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation