# division
## 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: /dɪˈvɪʒən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪʒən

### Noun

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)
* (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
    Synonyms: split, lith
    Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
* Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
* (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
    Antonym: multiplication
* (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
    I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
* (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
    Hyponyms: square division, triangular division
* A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
* (taxonomy)
** (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.
** (zoology) An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank.
* A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
* (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.
* (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.
* (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
* (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
* (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.
    Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division
* (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.
    Synonym: (informal) div
* (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

#### Related terms

* divide
* dividend
* divisibility
* divisible
* divisive
* divisor

#### Translations

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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)
* (sports) league
* (arithmetic) division
* (military) division
* (business) department, section, branch

#### Declension
### 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: /di.vi.zjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

division f (plural divisions)
* division (act or process of dividing)
* (arithmetic) division
* (military) division
* 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
* 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
* division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
* (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
### References

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