division

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noun

1. an army unit large enough to sustain combat (Freq. 10)
- two infantry divisions were held in reserve
• Derivationally related forms:
divisional
• Hypernyms:
army unit
• Hyponyms:
Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces
• Member Holonyms:
corps, army corps
• Member Meronyms:
battle group
2. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (Freq. 6)
- the written part of the exam
- the finance section of the company
- the BBC's engineering division
• Syn:
part, section
• Derivationally related forms:
divisional, section (for: section)
• Hypernyms:
concept, conception, construct
• Hyponyms:
frame, beginning, middle, end, high point,
component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, chukker,
chukka, inning, game, turn, bout, round,
round, second period, final period, half, period,
quarter, over
• Part Holonyms:
whole
3. the act or process of dividing (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
divisional, divide
• Hypernyms:
separation
• Hyponyms:
parcellation, cleavage, bisection, quartering, schism,
split, cut, cutting, atomization, atomisation, fragmentation,
branching, ramification, fork, forking, dichotomization, dichotomisation,
dichotomisation, quantisation, fractionation, syllabication, syllabification,
word division, hyphenation
4. an administrative unit in government or business (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
administrative unit, administrative body
• Hyponyms:
department, section, branch, subdivision, arm
• Member Holonyms:
government, authorities, regime, business, concern,
business concern, business organization, business organisation
5. discord that splits a group (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
variance
• Hypernyms:
discord, dissension
6. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
biological group
• Hyponyms:
division Archaebacteria, division Eubacteria, Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta, Schizophyta,
division Schizophyta, Heterokontophyta, division Heterokontophyta, Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta, Phaeophyta,
division Phaeophyta, Euglenophyta, division Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta,
Rhodophyta, Cynodontia, division Cynodontia, Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontia,
Pisces, form division
7. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
• Topics:
botany, phytology
• Hypernyms:
phylum
• Hyponyms:
Protista, division Protista, Thallophyta, Tracheophyta, division Tracheophyta,
Bryophyta, division Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, division Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta, division Spermatophyta,
Phanerogamae, Cryptogamia, Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida, Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycota,
Zygomycotina, subdivision Zygomycotina, Myxomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota,
Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina, Lichenes, division Lichenes,
Eumycota, division Eumycota, Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti,
subdivision Deuteromycotina, Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina, Ascomycota,
subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina, Lycophyta
8. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
• Syn:
air division
• Hypernyms:
air unit
• Part Meronyms:
wing
9. a league ranked by quality
- he played baseball in class D for two years
- Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA
• Syn:
class
• Derivationally related forms:
classify (for: class)
• Hypernyms:
league, conference
10. a group of ships of similar type
• Syn:
naval division
• Hypernyms:
naval unit
11. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication;
the quotient of two numbers is computed
• Derivationally related forms:
divide
• Hypernyms:
arithmetic operation
• Hyponyms:
long division, short division
12. the act of dividing or partitioning;
separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
• Syn:
partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation
• Derivationally related forms:
sectionalise (for: sectionalisation), sectionalize (for: sectionalization), segment (for: segmentation), partition (for: partitioning), partitionist (for: partition), partition (for: partition), divisional, divide
• Hypernyms:
separation
• Hyponyms:
subdivision, septation, zoning

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation, naval division, air division, class, variance, part, section