division
English Thesaurus
1. the act or process of dividing (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | separation, |
| definition | : | the act of dividing or disconnecting (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | parcellation, |
| definition | : | the division into parcels (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cleavage, |
| definition | : | the act of cleaving or splitting (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bisection, |
| definition | : | dividing into two equal parts (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | quartering, |
| definition | : | dividing into four equal parts (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | schism, split, |
| definition | : | division of a group into opposing factions (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cut, cutting, |
| definition | : | the act of cutting something into parts (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | quantisation, quantization, |
| definition | : | the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fractionation, |
| definition | : | separation into portions (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cut, cutting, |
| definition | : | the division of a deck of cards before dealing (noun.act) |
2. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | separation, |
| definition | : | the act of dividing or disconnecting (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | subdivision, |
| definition | : | the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | septation, |
| definition | : | the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | zoning, |
| definition | : | dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc (noun.act) |
3. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | long division, |
| definition | : | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps are indicated in detail (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | short division, |
| definition | : | the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out (noun.act) |
4. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
| definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | frame, |
| definition | : | one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | beginning, |
| definition | : | the first part or section of something (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | middle, |
| definition | : | an intermediate part or section (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | end, |
| definition | : | a final part or section (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | high point, |
| definition | : | the most enjoyable part of a given experience (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | chukka, chukker, |
| definition | : | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | frame, inning, |
| definition | : | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | game, |
| definition | : | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | bout, round, turn, |
| definition | : | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | first period, |
| definition | : | the first division into which the play of a game is divided (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | second period, |
| definition | : | the second division into which the play of a game is divided (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | final period, |
| definition | : | the final division into which the play of a game is divided (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | half, |
| definition | : | one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | period, |
| definition | : | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | quarter, |
| definition | : | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | over, |
| definition | : | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | whole, |
| definition | : | all of something including all its component elements or parts (noun.cognition) |
5. discord that splits a group (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | discord, dissension, |
| definition | : | disagreement among those expected to cooperate (noun.communication) |
6. an army unit large enough to sustain combat (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | army unit, |
| definition | : | a military unit that is part of an army (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | battle group, |
| definition | : | an army unit usually consisting of five companies (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | army corps, corps, |
| definition | : | an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support (noun.group) |
7. a group of ships of similar type (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | naval unit, |
| definition | : | a military unit that is part of a navy (noun.group) |
8. a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | air unit, |
| definition | : | a military unit that is part of the airforce (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | wing, |
| definition | : | a unit of military aircraft (noun.group) |
9. an administrative unit in government or business (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | department, section, |
| definition | : | a specialized division of a large organization (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | arm, branch, subdivision, |
| definition | : | a division of some larger or more complex organization (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | authorities, government, regime, |
| definition | : | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group) |
10. (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | phylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | division protista, protista, |
| definition | : | eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | thallophyta, |
| definition | : | used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division tracheophyta, tracheophyta, |
| definition | : | in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bryophyta, division bryophyta, |
| definition | : | a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division pteridophyta, pteridophyta, |
| definition | : | containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division spermatophyta, spermatophyta, |
| definition | : | seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | phanerogamae, |
| definition | : | in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cryptogamia, |
| definition | : | in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pteropsida, subdivision pteropsida, |
| definition | : | used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division gymnomycota, division myxomycota, gymnomycota, myxomycota, |
| definition | : | slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division lichenes, lichenes, |
| definition | : | comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | division eumycota, eumycota, |
| definition | : | true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | basidiomycota, basidiomycotina, subdivision basidiomycota, subdivision basidiomycotina, |
| definition | : | comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lycophyta, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses (noun.plant) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
11. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | division eubacteria, |
| definition | : | one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyanophyta, division cyanophyta, |
| definition | : | prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | division heterokontophyta, heterokontophyta, |
| definition | : | algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chrysophyta, division chrysophyta, |
| definition | : | mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | division phaeophyta, phaeophyta, |
| definition | : | coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlorophyta, division chlorophyta, |
| definition | : | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cynodontia, division cynodontia, |
| definition | : | a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pisces, |
| definition | : | a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | form division, |
| definition | : | an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure (noun.group) |
12. a league ranked by quality (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | conference, league, |
| definition | : | an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members (noun.group) |
13. the act or process of dividing (noun.act)
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | serving to divide or marking a division (adj.all) |
14. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart (noun.act)
| derivation | : | partitionist, |
| definition | : | an advocate of partitioning a country (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | partition, zone, |
| definition | : | separate or apportion into sections (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | section, segment, |
| definition | : | divide into segments (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | divide, separate, |
| definition | : | make a division or separation (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | sectionalise, sectionalize, |
| definition | : | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | serving to divide or marking a division (adj.all) |
15. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed (noun.act)
| derivation | : | divide, fraction, |
| definition | : | perform a division (verb.cognition) |
16. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | section, segment, |
| definition | : | divide into segments (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit (adj.all) |
17. an army unit large enough to sustain combat (noun.group)
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a military division (adj.pert) |
18. a league ranked by quality (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
19. the act or process of dividing (noun.act)
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | serving to divide or marking a division (adj.all) |
20. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart (noun.act)
| derivation | : | partitionist, |
| definition | : | an advocate of partitioning a country (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | partition, zone, |
| definition | : | separate or apportion into sections (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | section, segment, |
| definition | : | divide into segments (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | divide, separate, |
| definition | : | make a division or separation (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | sectionalise, sectionalize, |
| definition | : | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | serving to divide or marking a division (adj.all) |
21. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed (noun.act)
| derivation | : | divide, fraction, |
| definition | : | perform a division (verb.cognition) |
22. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | section, segment, |
| definition | : | divide into segments (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit (adj.all) |
23. an army unit large enough to sustain combat (noun.group)
| derivation | : | divisional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a military division (adj.pert) |
24. a league ranked by quality (noun.group)
| derivation | : | classify, relegate, |
| definition | : | assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition) |
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