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Webster 1913 Edition


Subdivision

Subˊdi-vi′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
subdivisio
: cf. F.
subdivision
.]
1.
The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
2.
A part of a thing made by subdividing.
In the decimal table, the
subdivision
of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Subdivision

SUBDIVISION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of subdividing or separating a part into smaller parts.
2.
The part of a thing made by subdividing; the part of a larger part.
In the decimal table, the subdivision s of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit.

Definition 2024


subdivision

subdivision

English

Noun

subdivision (countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)

  1. (countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
  2. (countable) such a piece that has been divided
    Work on one subdivision at a time.
  3. (countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots
  4. (countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area
    They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

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Verb

subdivision (third-person singular simple present subdivisions, present participle subdivisioning, simple past and past participle subdivisioned)

  1. to separate something into smaller pieces
    Subdivide the sentence into pieces and understand it a bit at a time.

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