division

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English

Etymology

From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

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) The process of dividing a number by another.

   Antonym: multiplication

5. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

6. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

   Hyponyms: square division, triangular division

7. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
8. (taxonomy)
   1. (botany, mycology) 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.

   2. (zoology) An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; 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 a voice vote.

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 a pipe 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 a COBOL program source code.

    Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division

15. (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    Synonym: (informal) div

16. (Australia) A parliamentary constituency.

Synonyms

• (botany, mycology): divisio, phylum

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• separation
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator
• fraction
• numerator

Further reading

• division on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Latin divisio

Noun

division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)

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

Declension

Further reading

• “division” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin divisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zjɔ̃/

Noun

division f (plural divisions)

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

Related terms

• diviser

Descendants

• → English: division
• → German: Division
• → Russian: дивизион (divizion)

Further reading

• “division”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

division

1. Alternative form of divisioun

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Noun

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

References

• division in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)