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division

Noun

An army unit large enough to sustain combat (synset 108230126)
"two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

is a type of: army unit - a military unit that is part of an army

subtypes: special forces, u. s. army special forces, united states army special forces - a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting

member holonym: battle group - an army unit usually consisting of five companies

belongs to: army corps, corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (synset 105876035)
"the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
subtypes:
- frame - one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- beginning - the first part or section of something
- middle - an intermediate part or section
- end - a final part or section
- high point - the most enjoyable part of a given experience
- component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient - an abstract part of something
- chukka, chukker - (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided
- frame, inning - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- game - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- bout, round, turn - (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- first period - the first division into which the play of a game is divided
- second period - the second division into which the play of a game is divided
- final period - the final division into which the play of a game is divided
- half - one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
- period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- quarter - (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- over - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
is a part of: whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts

same as: part, section
The act or process of dividing (synset 100386599)
is a type of: separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
subtypes:
- parcellation - the division into parcels
- cleavage - the act of cleaving or splitting
- bisection - dividing into two equal parts
- quartering - dividing into four equal parts
- schism, split - division of a group into opposing factions
- cut, cutting - the act of cutting something into parts
- atomisation, atomization, fragmentation - separating something into fine particles
- branching, fork, forking, ramification - the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- dichotomisation, dichotomization - the act of dividing into two sharply different categories
- quantisation, quantization - the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
- fractionation - separation into portions
- syllabication, syllabification - forming or dividing words into syllables
- hyphenation, word division - division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page
- cut, cutting - the division of a deck of cards before dealing
An administrative unit in government or business (synset 108237635)
is a type of: administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
subtypes:
- department, section - a specialized division of a large organization
- arm, branch, subdivision - a division of some larger or more complex organization
belongs to:
- authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
- business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Discord that splits a group (synset 107196502)
is a type of: discord, dissension - disagreement among those expected to cooperate

same as: variance
A league ranked by quality (synset 108256729)
"he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

is a type of: conference, league - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

same as: class
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category (synset 108238269)
referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

is a type of: biological group - a group of plants or animals
subtypes:
- division archaebacteria - in some classifications considered a kingdom
- division eubacteria - one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
- cyanophyta, division cyanophyta - prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- division schizophyta, schizophyta - former term for the Cyanophyta
- division heterokontophyta, heterokontophyta - algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications
- chrysophyta, division chrysophyta - mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
- division phaeophyta, phaeophyta - coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta
- division euglenophyta, euglenophyta - free-swimming flagellate algae
- chlorophyta, division chlorophyta - large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
- division rhodophyta, rhodophyta - lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
- cynodontia, division cynodontia - a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth
- dicynodontia, division dicynodontia - a division of Therapsida
- pisces - a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically
- form division - an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (synset 108237812)
referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants

is a type of: phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
subtypes:
- division protista, protista - eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
- thallophyta - used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
- division tracheophyta, tracheophyta - in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants
- bryophyta, division bryophyta - a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
- division pteridophyta, pteridophyta - containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
- division spermatophyta, spermatophyta - seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
- phanerogamae - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta
- cryptogamia - in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
- pteropsida, subdivision pteropsida - used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
- subdivision zygomycota, subdivision zygomycotina, zygomycota, zygomycotina - division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores
- division gymnomycota, division myxomycota, gymnomycota, myxomycota - slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista
- mastigomycota, mastigomycotina, subdivision mastigomycota, subdivision mastigomycotina - fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota
- division lichenes, lichenes - comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi
- division eumycota, eumycota - true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
- deuteromycota, deuteromycotina, fungi imperfecti, subdivision deuteromycota, subdivision deuteromycotina - large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
- basidiomycota, basidiomycotina, subdivision basidiomycota, subdivision basidiomycotina - comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
- ascomycota, ascomycotina, subdivision ascomycota, subdivision ascomycotina - a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
- lycophyta - used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses
A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings (synset 108236251)
is a type of: air unit - a military unit that is part of the airforce

has: wing - a unit of military aircraft

same as: air division
A group of ships of similar type (synset 108236147)
is a type of: naval unit - a military unit that is part of a navy

same as: naval division
An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication;
The quotient of two numbers is computed (synset 100872590)
is a type of: arithmetic operation - a mathematical operation involving numbers
subtypes:
- long division - the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail
- short division - the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out
The act of dividing or partitioning;
Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart (synset 100398761)
is a type of: separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
subtypes:
- subdivision - the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided
- septation - the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum
- zoning - dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
same as: partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation

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