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'Division' may refer to:
'Processes:'
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Division (fallacy), a fallacy of ambiguation in which one assumes that various parts have a property solely because the whole has that same property
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Division (mathematics), an arithmetic operation that serves as the inverse of multiplication
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Division (digital), digital implementation of mathematical division
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Division in relational algebra
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Division (vote), a manner by which the votes of legislators are recorded
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Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
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Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
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Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
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North-South divide, the geopolitical term for the division between wealthy nations and poor nations
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Segmentation
'Units/ Entities:'
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Division (organisation), a subsidiary of a larger organisation
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Division (business), a separate named business operated as a part of an organization
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Division (military), a unit typically consisting of from 10,000 to 20,000 troops
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Police division, a large territorial unit (now often referred to as a Basic Command Unit) of the British police
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Division (sport), a group of comparable teams in organised sport who compete amongst themselves for a Divisional title
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Division (botany), a classification of plants (the botanical counterpart to zoology's phylum)
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Division_(biology), In biology the equivalent of a phylum in the plant or the fungal kingdom is called a division.
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Division (subnational entity), a subnational entity similar to a state or prefecture
★ A
county constituency or Parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom Parliament
★ A subpart of a
hundred (division), former administrative unit in England and Wales
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Census division
'Music:'
★ A grouping of pipe ranks in a
pipe organ, often with its own case, windchest, and keyboard
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Division (music) a specific type of
ornamentation, most common in 17th century English music
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Division viol, an English Renaissance instrument
'Miscellaneous:'
★ In nautical
navigation the
compass is called 'dividers'
See also
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Subdivision
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Segmentation