Definition of "division" []

• The act or process of dividing. (noun)
• The state of having been divided. (noun)
• Mathematics The operation of determining how many times one quantity is contained in another; the inverse of multiplication. (noun)
• The proportional distribution of a quantity or entity. (noun)
• Something, such as a boundary or partition, that serves to divide or keep separate. (noun)

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• "_corps d'armée_ staff, the _Head-Quarters of_ [1st or 2d, &c.] _corps d'armée_; that of a division, the _Head-Quarters of_ [1st or 2d, &c.] _division_, [1st or 2d, &c.] _corps d'armée_."
• "More on blissful ignorance: Finley complains that I use the term division of labor as a "euphemism" for social stratification."
• "The title division of the Indiana Department of Insurance didn't exist until 2006,"