division
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(noun) the act or process of dividing or splitting |
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Related Words: atomisation, atomization, bisection, branching, cut, cutting, dichotomisation, dichotomization, fork, forking, fractionation, fragmentation, hyphenation, quantisation, quantization, quartering, ramification, schism, separation, split, syllabication, syllabification, word division |
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(noun) separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart |
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Synonyms: partition, partitioning, sectionalization, segmentation, subdivision |
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Related Words: separation, septation, zoning |
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(noun) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed |
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Related Words: arithmetic operation, long division, short division |
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(noun) discord that splits a group |
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Synonyms: variance |
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Related Words: discord, dissension |
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(noun) an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" |
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Related Words: Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, army unit |
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(noun) a group of ships of similar type |
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Related Words: naval unit |
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(noun) a unit of the US air force usually comprising two or more wings |
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Related Words: air unit |
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(noun) an administrative unit in government or business |
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Related Words: administrative unit, arm, branch, department, section, subdivision |
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(noun) (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum |
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Related Words: Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Bryophyta, Cryptogamia, Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Eumycota, Fungi imperfecti, Gymnomycota, Lichenes, Lycophyta, Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, Myxomycota, Phanerogamae, Protista, Pteridophyta, Pteropsida, Spermatophyta, Thallophyta, Tracheophyta, Zygomycota, Zygomycotina, division Bryophyta, division Eumycota, division Gymnomycota, division Lichenes, division Myxomycota, division Protista, division Pteridophyta, division Spermatophyta, division Tracheophyta, phylum, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina, subdivision Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycotina, subdivision Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycotina, subdivision Pteropsida, subdivision Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycotina |
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(noun) (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category |
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Related Words: Chlorophyta, Chrysophyta, Cyanophyta, Cynodontia, Dicynodontia, Euglenophyta, Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyta, Pisces, Rhodophyta, Schizophyta, biological group, division Archaebacteria, division Chlorophyta, division Chrysophyta, division Cyanophyta, division Cynodontia, division Dicynodontia, division Eubacteria, division Euglenophyta, division Heterokontophyta, division Phaeophyta, division Rhodophyta, division Schizophyta, form division |
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(noun) a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" |
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Synonyms: class |
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Related Words: conference, league |
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(noun) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
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Synonyms: part, section |
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Related Words: beginning, component, concept, conception, constituent, construct, element, end, factor, ingredient, middle |
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