Di-vī'sion, n.
(-vĭzh'un), n. [Lat. divisio, from dividere, divisum; Fr. & Sp. division, It. divisione. See DIVIDE.]
Sense 1. The act of dividing or separating into parts.
I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.
Sense 2. The state of being divided or separated.
Sense 3. That which divides or separates; a partition.
Sense 4. The portion separated by the dividing of a mass; a distinct segment or section. “The communities and divisions of men.” Addison.
Sense 5. Difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.
Sense 6. Difference of condition; state of distinction; contrast.
I will put a division between my people and thy people. Ex. viii. 23.
Sense 7. Separation of the members of a deliberative body for the purpose of ascertaining the vote.
The motion passed without a division. Macaulay.
Sense 8. (Arith.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the rule by which the operation is performed; the reverse of multiplication.
Sense 9. (Logic.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
Sense 10. (Mil.) (a.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general. (b.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
Sense 11. (Mus.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one connected series or chain of sounds. Moore.
Sense 12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
Synonyms—Compartment; section; share; separation; partition; difference; variance; discord; disunion.