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Division or divider may refer to:


Mathematics

* Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication * Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division


Military

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Division (military) A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Histori ...
, a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops **
Divizion {{army units A divizion (dywizjon) (a word in several European languages, mostly Slavic) is a military unit in some armed branches, usually artillery and cavalry, being an equivalent of battalion. It should be distinguished from division, whic ...
, a subunit in some militaries * Division (naval), a collection of warships


Science

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Cell division Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle in which the cell grows and replicates its chromosome(s) before dividing. In eukaryotes, there ...
, the process in which biological cells multiply *
Continental divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not c ...
, the geographical term for separation between watersheds *
Division (biology) Division is a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, ''division'' refers to a rank equivalent to phylum. The use of either term is allowed under the International C ...
, used differently in botany and zoology * Division (botany), a taxonomic rank for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum in zoology * Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method * Division, a medical/surgical operation involving cutting and separation, see
ICD-10 Procedure Coding System The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is an international system of medical classification used for procedural coding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code se ...


Technology

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Beam compass A beam compass is a compass with a beam and sliding sockets or cursors for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses. The instrument can be as a whole, or made on the spot with individual sockets (called ...
, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses *Divider caliper or compass, a caliper * Frequency divider, a circuit that divides the frequency of a clock signal


Society

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Administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
, territory into which a country is divided * Census division, an official term in Canada and the United States *
Diairesis Diairesis ( grc, διαίρεσις, diaíresis, "division") is a form of classification used in ancient (especially Platonic) logic that serves to systematize concepts and come to definitions. When defining a concept using diairesis, one starts ...
, Plato's method of definition by division *
Division (business) A division, sometimes called a business sector or business unit (segment), is one of the parts into which a business, organization or company is divided. Overview Divisions are distinct parts of a business. If these divisions are all part of ...
, of a business entity is a distinct part of that business but the primary business is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the division * Division (political geography), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country *
Division (sport) In sports, a division is a group of teams who compete against each other for a championship. League system In sports using a league system (also known as a pyramid structure), a division consists of a group of teams who play a sport at a simila ...
, a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title *In parliamentary procedure: **
Division of the assembly In parliamentary procedure, a division of the assembly, division of the house, or simply division is a method of taking a vote that physically counts members voting. Historically, and often still today, members are literally divided into physic ...
, a type of formally recorded vote by assembly members ** Division of a question, to split a question into two or more questions * Partition (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities * Police division, a large territorial unit of the British police


Places

* Division station (CTA North Side Main Line), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line * Division station (CTA Blue Line), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line * Division Mountain, on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada * Division Range, Humboldt County, Nevada


Music

* ''Division'' (10 Years album), 2008 * ''Division'' (The Gazette album), 2012 * ''Divisions'' (album), by Starset, 2019 * Division (music), a type of ornamentation or variation found in early music *Divider, as in Schenkerian music analysis, a consonant subdivision of a consonant interval *"Division", a song by Aly & AJ from '' Insomniatic'', 2007 *"Divider", a song by Scott Weiland from the album ''
12 Bar Blues (album) ''12 Bar Blues'' is the debut solo album from Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. Its sound and style differ greatly from STP's previous releases. The design concept of the cover is a homage to the cover design of John Coltrane's '' Blue Tr ...
'', 1998


Other uses

*Divider, a
central reservation The median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways. The term also ...
in Bangladesh * Division of the field, a concept in heraldry * Division (logical fallacy), when one reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts *
Tom Clancy's The Division ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' is an online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2016 by Ubisoft, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is set in a near future New York City i ...
, a multiplayer videogame by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment *'' The Division'' (TV series), a police procedural


See also

* Dvsn, Canadian musical group *
Dividend A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a portion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Any amount not distributed is taken to be re-i ...
, payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members * Compartment (disambiguation) *
Div (disambiguation) Div or DIV may refer to: Science and technology * Division (mathematics), the mathematical operation that is the inverse of multiplication * Span and div, HTML tags that implement generic elements * div, a C mathematical function * Divergence, ...
* Divide (disambiguation) *
Partition (disambiguation) Partition may refer to: Computing Hardware * Disk partitioning, the division of a hard disk drive * Memory partition, a subdivision of a computer's memory, usually for use by a single job Software * Partition (database), the division of a ...
* Section (disambiguation) * Segment (disambiguation) * Split (disambiguation) *
Subdivision (disambiguation) Subdivision may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Subdivision (metre), in music * ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009 * "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2) * ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005 * "Subdivisions" (song), by Rush ...
* * {{disambiguation, geo