Inter-division

[dih-vizh-uh n] /dɪˈvɪʒ ən/

noun
1.
the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
2.
Arithmetic. the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another.
3.
something that divides or separates; partition.
4.
something that marks a division; dividing line or mark.
5.
one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section.
6.
separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension.
7.
Government. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote.
8.
one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes.
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Military.

10.
a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university:
the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities.
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(in sports) a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like:
a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing.
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Botany. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum.
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Zoology. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category.
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Horticulture. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant.
15.
the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music.
/dɪˈvɪʒən/
noun
1.
the act of dividing or state of being divided
2.
the act of sharing out; distribution
3.
something that divides or keeps apart, such as a boundary
4.
one of the parts, groups, etc, into which something is divided
5.
a part of a government, business, country, etc, that has been made into a unit for administrative, political, or other reasons
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a formal vote in Parliament or a similar legislative body
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a difference of opinion, esp one that causes separation
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(in sports) a section, category, or class organized according to age, weight, skill, etc
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a mathematical operation, the inverse of multiplication, in which the quotient of two numbers or quantities is calculated. Usually written: a ÷ b, divab, a/b
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(pl) (navy) the assembly of all crew members for the captain’s inspection
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(biology) (in traditional classification systems) a major category of the plant kingdom that contains one or more related classes Compare phylum (sense 1)
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(horticulture) any type of propagation in plants in which a new plant grows from a separated part of the original
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(logic) the fallacy of inferring that the properties of the whole are also true of the parts, as Britain is in debt, so John Smith is in debt
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(esp in 17th-century English music) the art of breaking up a melody into quick phrases, esp over a ground bass
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.

division di·vi·sion (dĭ-vĭzh’ən)
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