Division

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Division may refer to:

Mathematics

  • Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication
  • Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division

Military

  • Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops
    • Divizion, a subunit in some militaries
  • Division (naval), a collection of warships

Science

  • Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
  • Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
  • Division (biology), used differently in botany and zoology
  • Division (botany), a taxonomic rank for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum in zoology
  • Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
  • Division, a medical/surgical operation involving cutting and separation, see ICD-10 Procedure Coding System

Technology

  • Beam compass, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses

Society

  • Administrative division, territory into which a country is divided
  • Census division, an official term in Canada and the United States
  • Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
  • Division (business), of a business entity is a distinct part of that business but the primary business is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the division
  • Division (political geography), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
  • Division (sport), a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title
  • In parliamentary procedure:
  • Partition (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
  • Police division, a large territorial unit of the British police

Places

  • Division Street (Spokane, Washington), a main north-south arterial street in Spokane, Washington
  • Division station (CTA Blue Line), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line
  • Division station (CTA North Side Main Line), formerly a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line
  • Division station (CTA Logan Square branch), formerly a station on the Logan Square branch of the Chicago "L"
  • Division Mountain, on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada
  • Division Range, Humboldt County, Nevada

Music

  • Division (10 Years album), 2008
  • Division (The Gazette album), 2012
  • Divisions (album), by Starset, 2019
  • Division (music), a type of ornamentation or variation found in early music
  • "Division", a song by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic, 2007

Other uses

  • Division of the field, a concept in heraldry
  • Division (logical fallacy), when one reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts
  • Tom Clancy's The Division, a multiplayer video game by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment
  • The Division (TV series), a police procedural

See also

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  • Dvsn, Canadian musical group
  • Dividend, payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members
  • Compartment (disambiguation)
  • Div (disambiguation)
  • Divide (disambiguation)
  • Partition (disambiguation)
  • Section (disambiguation)
  • Segment (disambiguation)
  • Split (disambiguation)
  • Subdivision (disambiguation)
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