DIVISIONS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

the act or process of dividing

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

the act of dividing or partitioning

Example: separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

Example: the written part of the exam; the finance section of the company; the BBC's engineering division

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

discord that splits a group

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

an army unit large enough to sustain combat

Example: two infantry divisions were held in reserve

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a group of ships of similar type

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

an administrative unit in government or business

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Noun

a league ranked by quality

Example: he played baseball in class D for two years; Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Noun

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication

Example: the quotient of two numbers is computed