division
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- n an army unit large enough to sustain combat
two infantry divisions were held in reserve - n one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
the BBC's engineering division - n the act or process of dividing
- n an administrative unit in government or business
- n discord that splits a group
- n a league ranked by quality
- n (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
- n (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
- n a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
- n a group of ships of similar type
- n an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
- n the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- The Justice Department is moving forward with plans to expand its civil rights division, pursuing cases of discrimination in the workplace, housing and voting rights.
- The Rangers and the 1st Division had ahead of them 50 sleepless hours of bombing, tank and artillery attacks, the hardest fight in the experience of that experienced division.
- A month after he took command, the division captured Buna and MacArthur had his foothold on the north coast.