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Quick definitions from WordNet (division)

▸ noun:  the act or process of dividing
▸ noun:  the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
▸ noun:  an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
▸ noun:  discord that splits a group
▸ noun:  an army unit large enough to sustain combat ("Two infantry divisions were held in reserve")
▸ noun:  a group of ships of similar type
▸ noun:  a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
▸ noun:  an administrative unit in government or business
▸ noun:  (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
▸ noun:  (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
▸ noun:  a league ranked by quality ("Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA")
▸ noun:  one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole ("The BBC's engineering division")

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