division

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Synonyms: devision, civision, divisio, derision, vision, envision, decision, diversion, divisive, avision, revision

Antonyms: devision, civision, divisio, derision, vision, envision, decision, diversion, divisive, avision, revision

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act or process of dividing anything.
2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
3. {{senseid|en|Q1226939}}{{lb|en|arithmetic|uncountable}} The [[process]] of [[divide|dividing]] a number by another.
4. {{lb|en|arithmetic}} A calculation that involves this process.
5. {{lb|en|military}} A [[formation]], usually made up of two or three [[brigade]]s.
6. A usually high-level [[section]] of a large [[company]] or [[conglomerate]].
7. {{lb|en|taxonomy}}
8. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
9. {{lb|en|government}} A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a [[voice vote]].
10. {{lb|en|music}} A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
11. {{lb|en|music}} A set of pipes in a [[pipe organ]] which are independently controlled and supplied.
12. {{lb|en|legal}} A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

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