division

See also: Division and división

English

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Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.

   Synonyms: split, lith, separate

   Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification

2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
4. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.

   Antonym: multiplication

5. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

   I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

6. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

   Hyponyms: square division, triangular division

7. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
8. (taxonomy)
   1. (botany, mycology) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

      Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

   2. (zoology) An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
9. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
10. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

    The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords.

11. (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.
12. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
13. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
14. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.

    Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division

15. (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    Synonym: (informal) div

16. (Australia) A parliamentary constituency.

Synonyms

• (botany, mycology): divisio, phylum

Derived terms

• antidivision
• asexual division
• Burdwan division
• cell division
• cross-division
• divisional
• division algebra
• divisionary
• division bell
• divisionism
• divisionist
• divisionless
• division level
• division of labor
• division of labour
• division ring
• division sign
• division viol
• division-viol
• division violist
• division-violist
• divisome
• equation division
• equidivision
• Euclidean division
• fair division
• first division
• harmonic division
• hyperdivision
• infradivision
• interdivision
• intradivision
• Jalpaiguri division
• joy division
• long division
• Malda division
• Medinipur division
• minor civil division
• misdivision
• nondivision
• overdivision
• predivision
• Presidency division
• pseudodivision
• redivision
• reduction division
• reproductive division
• school division
• second division
• second-division
• short division
• subdivision
• superdivision
• synthetic division
• time division
• trial division
• upper-division

Related terms

• /
• :
• divide
• dividend
• divisibility
• divisible
• divisive
• divisor
• ÷

Translations

act or process of dividing anything

Afrikaans: verdeling, divisie (af) Albanian: ndarje (sq) Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (taqsīm) Hijazi Arabic: تَقْسِيم m (tagsīm) Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum) Aromanian: mpãrtãciuni f Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew) Bengali: বিভাজন (bn) (bibhajon), তকসিম (bn) (tokśim) Bulgarian: деле́не (bg) n (deléne), разде́ляне (bg) n (razdéljane) Catalan: divisió (ca) f Czech: dělení (cs) n Danish: deling (da) c Dutch: deling (nl) f, verdeling (nl) f, scheiding (nl) f Esperanto: divido, dividado Finnish: jakaminen (fi), jako (fi) French: division (fr) f Galician: división (gl) f German: Teilung (de) f Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi) Ancient: διαίρεσις f (diaíresis), στάσις (stásis) Hebrew: חלוקה / חֲלֻקָּה f (khaluká) Hindi: विभाजन (hi) m (vibhājan), बँटवारा (hi) m (bãṭvārā), बांटना (bāṇṭnā) Icelandic: skipting f, niðurskipting f, deiling (is) f Indonesian: divisi (id) Irish: deighilt f Italian: divisione (it) f Japanese: 分割 (ja) (ぶんかつ, bunkatsu) Korean: 분할(分割) (ko) (bunhal) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş) Northern Kurdish: dabeşbûn (ku) Kyrgyz: бөлүш (ky) (bölüş) Latin: dīvīsiō f Macedonian: делење n (delenje), поделба f (podelba) Malay: divisi, pembahagian (ms) Maltese: diviżjoni f Norwegian: Bokmål: divisjon (no) m, inndeling (no) m or f Nynorsk: divisjon m, inndeling f Old English: tōtwǣmednes f, ġedāl n Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim) Polish: podział (pl) m Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Romanian: divizare (ro) f, împărțire (ro) f Russian: разде́л (ru) m (razdél), деле́ние (ru) n (delénije) Scots: diveesion Serbo-Croatian: Roman: podjela (sh) f, dijeljenje (sh) n Slovene: deljenje n Spanish: división (es) f Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw) Swedish: division (sv) c Tamil: பிரித்தல் (ta) (pirittal) Telugu: విభజన (te) (vibhajana) Turkish: bölme (tr), bölüm (tr) Ukrainian: ро́зділ (rózdil), по́діл (pódil), ді́лення (dílennja), розді́лення n (rozdílennja) Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm) West Frisian: yndieling c

each of the parts resulting from division

Afrikaans: gedeelte (af) Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin), բաժանում (hy) (bažanum) Bashkir: бүлек (bülek) Bulgarian: част (bg) f (čast), разде́л (bg) m (razdél) Czech: díl (cs) m Danish: inddeling c Dutch: deel (nl) n, gedeelte (nl) n Finnish: osa (fi) German: Teil (de) m Hindi: भाग (hi) m (bhāg), प्रभाग (hi) m (prabhāg) Indonesian: bagian (id) Ingrian: osa, razdela Irish: urrann f Italian: parte (it) f Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەش (ckb) (beş) Macedonian: дел m (del) Malay: bahagian (ms) Malayalam: വിഭാഗം (ml) (vibhāgaṁ) Norwegian: Bokmål: inndeling (no) m or f Nynorsk: inndeling f Persian: بَخْش (fa) (baxš) Portuguese: parte (pt) f Quechua: t'aqa Romanian: diviziune (ro) f, parte (ro) f Russian: часть (ru) f (častʹ), разде́л (ru) m (razdél) Spanish: parte (es) f Tamil: பிரிவு (ta) (pirivu) Turkish: bölüm (tr), pay (tr) Ukrainian: части́на (uk) f (častýna), ча́стка (uk) (částka) West Frisian: ôfdieling c

arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another

Afrikaans: deel (af) Arabic: قِسْمَة f (qisma) Hijazi Arabic: قِسْمَة f (gisma), تَقْسِيم m (tagsīm) Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum) Asturian: división f Azerbaijani: bölmə (az) Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew) Basque: zatiketa Belarusian: дзяле́нне n (dzjaljénnje) Bengali: ভাগ (bn) (bhag) Bulgarian: деле́ние (bg) n (delénie) Catalan: divisió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 除法 (zh) (chúfǎ) Czech: dělení (cs) n Danish: division (da) c Dutch: deling (nl) f, delen (nl) n Esperanto: divido Estonian: jagamine Finnish: jako (fi), jakaminen (fi) French: division (fr) f Galician: división (gl) f Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa) German: Division (de) f Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi) Ancient: διαίρεσις f (diaíresis) Hebrew: חִלּוּק \ חילוק (he) m (khilúk) Hindi: विभाजन (hi) m (vibhājan), भाग (hi) m (bhāg) Hungarian: osztás (hu) Icelandic: deiling (is) f Italian: divisione (it) f Japanese: 割り算 (ja) (わりざん, warizan), 除算 (ja) (じょざん, jozan) Kazakh: бөлу (bölu) Khmer: វិធីចែក (km) (vithii caek) Korean: 나눗셈 (ko) (nanutsem), 나누기 (ko) (nanugi), 제산(除算) (jesan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş) Kyrgyz: бөлүү (ky) (bölüü) Latvian: dalīšana f Lithuanian: dalyba f Macedonian: делење n (delenje) Maltese: diviżjoni f Maori: whakawehenga Mongolian: Cyrillic: хуваах үйлдэл (xuvaax üjldel) Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠶᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ (qubiyaqu üyiledül) Norwegian: Bokmål: divisjon (no) m Nynorsk: divisjon m Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim) Polish: dzielenie (pl) n Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Quechua: t'ipi Romanian: împărțire (ro) f Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дељење n Roman: dijéljēnje (sh) n Slovak: delenie n Slovene: deljenje n Spanish: división (es) f Swedish: division (sv) c Tagalog: palahatian Tajik: тақсим (tg) (taqsim) Tamil: வகுத்தல் (ta) (vakuttal) Telugu: భాగహారము (te) (bhāgahāramu) Thai: การหาร (th) Turkish: bölme (tr) Ukrainian: ді́лення n (dílennja) Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm) Uzbek: boʻlish (uz), boʻlinish (uz) Vietnamese: phép chia (vi) West Frisian: dieling c

arithmetic: calculation involving this process

Afrikaans: deel (af) Arabic: قِسْمَةٌ f (qismatun) Hijazi Arabic: قِسْمة f (gisma) Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum) Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew) Bulgarian: деле́ние (bg) n (delénie) Czech: dělení (cs) n Danish: division (da) c Dutch: deling (nl) f, staartdeling (nl) f Finnish: jakolasku (fi) French: division (fr) f Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa) Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi) Korean: 나눗셈 (ko) (nanutsem) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دابەش (dabeş) Macedonian: делење n (delenje) Norwegian: Bokmål: divisjon (no) m Nynorsk: divisjon m Persian: تَقْسیم (fa) (taqsim), بَخْش (fa) (baxš) Polish: dzielenie (pl) n Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Romanian: împărțire (ro) f, divizare (ro) f Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: dijeljenje (sh) n Swedish: division (sv) c Tagalog: palahatian Tamil: வகுத்தல் (ta) (vakuttal) Turkish: bölme (tr), bölme işlemi (tr) Ukrainian: ді́лення n (dílennja) Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm) West Frisian: dieling c

large military unit

Afrikaans: afdeling (af), skeiding (af) Albanian: divizion (sq) m Arabic: فِرْقَة f (firqa) Hijazi Arabic: فِرقة f (firga) Armenian: դիվիզիա (hy) (divizia) Azerbaijani: diviziya, tümən Bashkir: дивизия (diviziya) Belarusian: дыві́зія f (dyvízija) Bulgarian: диви́зия f (divízija) Catalan: divisió (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 師團 / 师团 (si1 tyun4), 師 / 师 (si1) Dungan: дивизия (divizii͡a) Mandarin: 師團 / 师团 (zh) (shītuán), 師 / 师 (zh) (shī) Czech: divize (cs) f Danish: division (da) c Dutch: divisie (nl) f Esperanto: divizio Estonian: diviis Finnish: divisioona (fi) French: division (fr) f Georgian: დანაყოფი (danaq̇opi), დივიზია (divizia) German: Abteilung (de) f, Division (de) f Greek: μεραρχία (el) f (merarchía) Ancient: τάγμα n (tágma), ἄγημα n (ágēma) Hebrew: אֻגְדָּה \ אוגדה f (ugdá), דיוויזיה f (divízya) Hindi: टुकड़ी (ṭukṛī) Hungarian: hadosztály (hu) Icelandic: herdeild (is) f, deild (is) f Indonesian: divisi (id) Italian: divisione (it) f Japanese: 師団 (ja) (しだん, shidan) Kazakh: дивизия (diviziä) Khmer: កងពលធំ (kɑɑng pŭəl thom) Korean: 사단(師團) (ko) (sadan) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: فرقە (firqe) Kyrgyz: дивизия (ky) (diviziya) Lao: ກອງພົນ (kǭng phon) Latvian: divīzija f Lithuanian: divizija f Macedonian: дивизија f (divizija) Malay: divisyen Maori: whare (mi), mātua Mongolian: Cyrillic: дивиз (mn) (diviz) Norwegian: Bokmål: divisjon (no) m Nynorsk: divisjon m Ottoman Turkish: فرقه (fırka) Persian: لَشْکَر (fa) (laškar), فِرْقِه (fa) (firqe) Polish: dywizja (pl) f Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Romanian: divizie (ro) f Cyrillic: дивизие f (divizie) Russian: диви́зия (ru) f (divízija) (in the army), дивизио́н (ru) m (divizión) (in the navy) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: dìvīzija (sh) f (army), divizijun m (navy) Roman: дѝвӣзија f (army) Slovak: divízia f Slovene: divizija (sl) f Spanish: división (es) f Swedish: division (sv) c Tagalog: dibisyon Tajik: лашкар (laškar), дивизия (diviziya), фирқа (firqa) Tamil: பிரிவு (ta) (pirivu) Tatar: төмән (tömän), дивизия (diwiziyä) Telugu: విభాగము (te) sg (vibhāgamu) Thai: กองพล (th) (gɔɔng-pon) Turkish: tümen (tr), fırka (tr) Turkmen: diwiziýa Ukrainian: диві́зія f (dyvízija) Uyghur: دىۋىزىيە (diwiziye), شىتۇەن (shituen) Uzbek: diviziya (uz) Vietnamese: sư đoàn (vi), sư (vi) West Frisian: divyzje c Yiddish: דיוויזיע f (divizye)

section of a large company

Afrikaans: afdeling (af) Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin) Bengali: বিভাগ (bn) (bibhag) Bulgarian: подразделе́ние (bg) n (podrazdelénie) Catalan: divisió (ca) f Czech: divize (cs) f Danish: division (da) c, afdeling (da) c Dutch: afdeling (nl) f, divisie (nl) f, eenheid (nl) f Finnish: osasto (fi) French: division (fr) f Greek: διεύθυνση (el) f (diéfthynsi) Hindi: विभाग (hi) m (vibhāg) Icelandic: deild (is) f Indonesian: divisi (id) Italian: divisione (it) f Japanese: 部 (ja) (ぶ, bu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەش (ckb) (beş) Luxembourgish: Andeelung f Macedonian: оддел m (oddel), одделение n (oddelenie) Malay: divisyen Norwegian: Bokmål: divisjon (no) m Nynorsk: divisjon m Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Romanian: divizie (ro) f Russian: отде́л (ru) m (otdél), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), се́кция (ru) f (sékcija), подразделе́ние (ru) n (podrazdelénije) Swedish: division (sv) c Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu) Ukrainian: ві́дділ m (víddil), відді́лення n (viddílennja), підро́зділ (uk) m (pidrózdil) Welsh: adran (cy) f West Frisian: divyzje c

biology: taxonomic classification of plants

Bulgarian: отдел (bg) m (otdel) Chinese: Mandarin: 門 / 门 (zh) (mén) Czech: oddělení (cs) f Finnish: kaari (fi), pääjakso (fi) Hindi: विभाजन (hi) m (vibhājan) Icelandic: skipting f, fylking (is) f Italian: filo (it) m Khmer: សាខា (km) (saakhaa) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dabeşbûn (ku) f Latin: divisio Macedonian: оддел m (oddel) Portuguese: divisão (pt) f Serbo-Croatian: Roman: divizija (sh) f Swedish: division (sv) c Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu) Ukrainian: ві́дділ m (víddil) Urdu: تَقْسیم f (taqsīm) West Frisian: klasse (fy) c

disagreement; a difference of viewpoint

Arabic: فُرْقَة f (furqa) Bulgarian: разногласие (bg) n (raznoglasie) Finnish: erimielisyys (fi) Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍃 f (missaqiss) Greek: διχόνοια (el) f (dichónoia), διχασμός (el) m (dichasmós) Hebrew: מַחְלֹקֶת (he) f (makhlóket) Irish: deighilt f Italian: divisione (it) f, divario (it) m, frattura (it) f, differenziazione (it) f Macedonian: поделеност f (podelenost) Old English: unġeþwǣrnes f Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr) Ukrainian: розбі́жність f (rozbížnistʹ), по́діл m (pódil), ро́зділ m (rózdil) West Frisian: ôfstimming c

law: concept of separate responsibility

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: (van prestasie) deelbaarheid f Finnish: jako (fi) Indonesian: pemekaran (id)

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See also

• separation
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator
• fraction
• numerator

Further reading

• division on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Latin divisio

Noun

division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)

1. (sports) league
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. (business) department, section, branch

Declension

Declension of division

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	division	divisionen	divisioner	divisionerne
genitive	divisions	divisionens	divisioners	divisionernes

Further reading

• “division” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin divisiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zjɔ̃/

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Noun

division f (plural divisions)

1. division (act or process of dividing)
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. division (subsection)

Related terms

• diviser

Descendants

• → English: division
• → German: Division
• → Russian: дивизион (divizion)

Further reading

• “division”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

division

1. alternative form of divisioun

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Noun

division c

1. division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
2. (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others

Declension

Declension of division

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	division	divisions
	definite	divisionen	divisionens
plural	indefinite	divisioner	divisioners
	definite	divisionerna	divisionernas

References

• division in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• division in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)