division
/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/ noun B2- The act or process of dividing anything.
- Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- The process of dividing a number by another.
- A calculation that involves this process. · I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
- A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
- 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.
- An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
Plural divisions
From the library
Then he requested the Fox to do him the favour to make a division.
The Lion said, “Who has taught you, my very excellent fellow, the art of division?
“It’s the Baker Street division of the detective police force,” said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.
The delighted builder then offered his services in providing a suitable crew for the little vessel, but this Dantès declined with many thanks, saying he was accustomed to cruise about quite alone, and his principal pleasure consisted in managing his yacht himself; the only thing the builder could oblige him in would be to contrive a sort of secret closet in the cabin at his bed’s head, the closet to contain three divisions, so constructed as to be concealed from all but himself.
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