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Webster 1913 Edition

Division

Di-vi′sion

Noun.

[F.

division

, L.

divisio

, from

dividere

. See

Divide

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

I was overlooked in the

division

of the spoil.

Gibbon.

That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Communities and

divisions

of men.

Addison.

Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.

There was a

division

among the people.

John vii. 43.

Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.

Chaucer.

I will put a

division

between my people and thy people.

Ex. viii. 23.

Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

The motion passed without a

division

Macaulay.

(Math.)

The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.

(Logic)

The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

(Mil.)

(a)

Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.

(b)

Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.

(c)

One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

10.

(Naut.)

One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

11.

(Mus.)

A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

12.

(Rhet.)

The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

13.

(Biol.)

A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

Syn. – compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion.

Webster 1828 Edition

Division

DIVISION

Noun.

S as z. [L. See Divide.]

The act of dividing or separating into parts, any entire body.

The state of being divided.

That which divides or separates; that which keeps apart; partition.

The part separated from the rest by a partition or line, real or imaginary; as the divisions of a field.

A separate body of men; as, communities and divisions of men.

A part or distinct portion; as the divisions of a discourse.

A part of an army or militia; a body consisting of a certain number of brigades usually two, and commanded by a major general. But the term is often applied to other bodies or portions of an army, as to a brigade, a squadron or a platoon.

A part of a fleet, or a select number of ships under a commander, and distinguished by a particular flag or pendant.

Disunion; discord; variance; difference.

There was a division among the people. John 7.

10.

Space between the notes of music, or the dividing of the tones.

11.

Distinction.

I will put a division between my people and thy people. Exodus 8.

12.

The separation of voters in a legislative house.

13.

In arithmetic, the dividing of a number or quantity into any parts assigned; or the rule by which is found how many times one number is contained in another.