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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-vizh-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɪʒ ən



Definition of division

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French division, from Latin divisionem (nominative divisio), from divid-, stem of dividere (see divide). Military sense is first recorded 1590s. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The mathematical division sign supposedly was invented by British mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) who taught at Cambridge and Amsterdam.
  • noun separation, disconnection
  • noun something produced from separating
  • noun breach, estrangement
Example sentences :
  • Division on public questions can no longer be traced by the war maps of 1861.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • If you can get off for an hour, won't you take the trolley to the end of Division Street?
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Sayac means a station or division, Anta is a small town near Cuzco.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • But when the division of all this wealth came to be made, lo!
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Dick felt that their own division under McClernand was also making progress.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Enter the first division, and a legend at your feet indicated the ten-cent territory.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • The wisdom of Solomon would be necessary to settle the just division of the children.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In the southern district this division is tacitly agreed upon.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • On the 30th of January, at daybreak, the 1st Division again advanced.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis

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