Division

1. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
2. One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
3. The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
4. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
5. The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
6. Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
7. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
8. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
9. One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
10. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
11. A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
12. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
13. The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
14. A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
15. Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.