division

Definitions


[dɪˈvɪʒn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated
(e.g: the division of the land into small fields)

- difference or disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension
(e.g: a growing sense of division between north and south)

- the process of dividing one number by another
(e.g: no multiplication or division is necessary)

- each of the parts into which something is divided
(e.g: the main divisions of the book)

- a partition
(e.g: the villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French devisiun, from Latin divisio(n-), from the verb dividere (see divide)




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