Division may refer to:
Processes:
- Division (fallacy), a fallacy of ambiguation in which one assumes that various parts have a property solely because the whole has that same property
- Division (mathematics), an arithmetic operation that serves as the inverse of multiplication
- Division (digital), digital implementation of mathematical division
- Division in relational algebra
- Division (vote), a manner by which the votes of legislators are recorded
- Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
- Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
- Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
- Division (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
- Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
- North-South divide, the geopolitical term for the division between wealthy nations and poor nations
- Segmentation
Units/ Entities:
- Division (organisation), a subsidiary of a larger organisation
- Division (business), a separate named business operated as a part of an organization
- Division (military), a unit typically consisting of between 10,000 to 20,000 troops
- Division (naval), a unit typically consisting of two or four ships
- Police division, a large territorial unit (now often referred to as a Basic Command Unit) of the British police
- Division (sport), a group of comparable teams in organised sport who compete amongst themselves for a Divisional title
- Division (botany), a classification of plants or fungi (the botanical/mycological counterpart to zoology's phylum)
- Division (country subdivision), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
- A county constituency or Parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom Parliament
- A subpart of a hundred (division), former administrative unit in England and Wales
- Census division
Music:
- "÷" (often named "Division") is a song from Aly & AJ's third album Insomniatic
- A grouping of pipe ranks in a pipe organ, often with its own case, windchest, and keyboard
- Division (music) a specific type of ornamentation, most common in 17th century English music
- Division viol, an English Renaissance instrument
- Joy Division, an English rock band
- Division (album), is the name of the 2008 album by 10 Years. A Fallacy of division occurs when one reasons Logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts In Mathematics, especially in elementary Arithmetic, division is an arithmetic operation which is the inverse of Multiplication. Several algorithms exist to perform division in digital designs Relational algebra, an offshoot of First-order logic (and of Algebra of sets) deals with a set of relations closed under Operators Division of the house is a parliamentary mechanism which calls for a rising vote wherein the members of the house literally divide into groups indicating a vote in favour of or in opposition Diairesis (or dihairesis or diaeresis; Greek: διαίρεσις is used as a technical term in Platonic and Stoic philosophy. Division, in Horticulture and Gardening, is a method of Asexual Plant propagation, where the plant (usually an Herbaceous perennial Cell division is a process by which a cell, called the parent cell divides into two or more cells called daughter cells. In politics, a partition is a change of political Borders cutting through at least one community’s homeland A continental divide is a line of elevated Terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that Water falling on one side of the line eventually The North-South Divide is the socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as "the A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers A division was until recently the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces similar to a precinct in American city A division in Sports consists of a group of Teams which compete against one another for a divisional title A division is a type of Administrative division of some Asian countries and include Divisions of Bangladesh Divisions of Malaysia In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The term census division or Census Division is officially used for the Census divisions of Canada and the Census divisions of the United States. Aly & AJ are a Teen pop band consisting of sisters Alyson Renae "Aly" Michalka and Amanda Joy "AJ" Michalka. Insomniatic is the second Studio album from the Teen pop duo Aly & AJ. The pipe organ is a Musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air (wind is driven through a series of pipes, controlled by a keyboard A division was a specific type of ornamentation or variation, most common in 17th century English music In Music, ornaments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" The division viol is an English type of bass Viol, which was originally popular in the mid-17th century but is currently experiencing a renaissance of its own due Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Division is 10 Years 's fourth studio album and second major label release which was released May 13, 2008.
Miscellaneous:
- In nautical navigation the compass is called dividers
See also
Navigation is the process of reading and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another Country subdivision refers to the division of a Country 's territory for the sake of its administration, description or other such purpose
Dictionary
division
-noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
- Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
- (arithmetic) (uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
- (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
- (military) A military formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- A section of a large company.
- (biology, taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
- A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
- (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.
- (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
- (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
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