division
- 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
division anthophyta
- n comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
division archaebacteria
- n in some classifications considered a kingdom
division bryophyta
- n a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)