Noun
The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
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.
The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
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.
The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
Source: Webster's dictionaryInstead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic. Evelyn Waugh
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. John Buchan
The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing. Eduardo Galeano
In the division of inheritance, friendship standeth still. Dutch Proverb
Something to everyone is good division. German Proverb
A branch of ‘mutundu' does not hinder the division of a field. Kikuyu Proverb