division
pronunciation
How to pronounce division in British English:
UK [dɪˈvɪʒn]
How to pronounce division in American English:
US [dɪˈvɪʒn]
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- Noun:
- an army unit large enough to sustain combat
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the act or process of dividing
- an administrative unit in government or business
- an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
- discord that splits a group
- a league ranked by quality
- (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
- (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
- a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
- a group of ships of similar type
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Word Origin
- division (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French division, from Latin divisionem (nominative divisio), from divid-, stem of dividere (see divide). Military sense is first recorded 1590s. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The mathematical division sign supposedly was invented by British mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) who taught at Cambridge and Amsterdam.
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Example
- 1. Ericsson has sold its handset division to sony .
- 2. That process involves a complicated form of cell division .
- 3. It was sent to the 7th arctic aviation regiment of the 1st air division .
- 4. The company has accepted me well , especially within my division .
- 5. I suggest a threefold division of the national budget .