division

Noun

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

• a group of ships of similar type

• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

• a league ranked by quality
  • he played baseball in class D for two years
    
  • Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA
    

• discord that splits a group

• an administrative unit in government or business

• the act or process of dividing

• 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
    

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat
  • two infantry divisions were held in reserve
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  partition , partitioning , segmentation , sectionalization , sectionalisation , naval division , air division , class , variance , part , section