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See also:Divisionanddivisión

English

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20÷4=5{\displaystyle 20\div 4=5}

Etymology

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PIE word
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FromMiddle Englishdivisioun, fromOld Frenchdivision, fromLatindīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participledīvīsus(“divided”), fromdīvidō(“divide”).Doublet ofdivisio.

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Noun

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division (countable anduncountable,pluraldivisions)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
    Synonyms:split,lith
    Antonyms:combination,fusion,merger,unification
  2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
  4. (arithmetic, uncountable) Theprocess ofdividing a number by another.
    Antonym:multiplication
  5. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
    I've got tendivisions to do for my homework.
  6. (military) Aformation, usually made up of two or threebrigades.
    Hyponyms:square division,triangular division
  7. A usually high-levelsection of a largecompany orconglomerate.
  8. (taxonomy)
    1. (botany, mycology) Arank belowkingdom and aboveclass, particularly used ofplants orfungi, also (particularly ofanimals) called aphylum; ataxon at that rank.
      Magnolias belong to thedivision Magnoliophyta.
    2. (zoology) An optional ranksubordinate to theinfraclass andsuperordinate to thelegion andcohort; a taxon at that rank.
  9. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
  10. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than avoice vote.
    The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without adivision. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.
  11. (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.
  12. (music) A set of pipes in apipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
  13. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
  14. (computing) Any of the four major parts of aCOBOL program source code.
    Hyponyms:identification division,environment division,data division,procedure division
  15. (UK, Eton College) Alesson; aclass.
    Synonym:(informal)div
  16. (Australia) Aparliamentaryconstituency.

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Translations

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act or process of dividing anything
each of the parts resulting from division
arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another
arithmetic: calculation involving this process
large military unit
section of a large company
biology: taxonomic classification of plants
disagreement; a difference of viewpoint
law: concept of separate responsibility
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Danish

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Etymology

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FromLatindivisio

Noun

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division c (singular definitedivisionen,plural indefinitedivisioner)

  1. (sports)league
  2. (arithmetic)division
  3. (military)division
  4. (business)department,section,branch

Declension

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Declension ofdivision
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativedivisiondivisionendivisionerdivisionerne
genitivedivisionsdivisionensdivisionersdivisionernes

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld French, borrowed fromLatindivisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participledivisus(“divided”), fromdīvidō(“divide”).

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Noun

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division f (pluraldivisions)

  1. division(act or process of dividing)
  2. (arithmetic)division
  3. (military)division
  4. division(subsection)

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Middle English

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Noun

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division

  1. Alternative form ofdivisioun

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatindivisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participledivisus(“divided”), fromdīvidō(“divide”).

Noun

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division c

  1. division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
  2. (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

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Declension ofdivision
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitedivisiondivisions
definitedivisionendivisionens
pluralindefinitedivisionerdivisioners
definitedivisionernadivisionernas

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