<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or process of dividing; state of being divided</li><li>Synonyms: distribution, allotment, apportionment, separation</li><li>Arithmetic: the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another</li><li>something that divides or separates; partition</li><li>something that marks a division; dividing line or mark</li><li>Synonyms: demarcation, boundary</li><li>one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section</li><li>Synonyms: segment, compartment</li><li>separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension</li><li>Synonyms: estrangement, alienation, rupture, disunion, rift, breach</li><li>Antonyms: union, accord</li><li>Government: the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote</li><li>one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes</li><li>Military: (in the army) a major administrative and tactical unit, larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller than a corps; it is usually commanded by a major general</li><li>(in the navy) a number of ships, usually four, forming a tactical group that is part of a fleet or squadron</li><li>a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university; the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities</li><li>(in sports) a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like; a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing</li><li>Botany: a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum</li><li>Zoology: any subdivision of a classificatory group or category</li><li>Horticulture: a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant</li><li>the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music</li></ul>