Division

Division may refer to:

Mathematics

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

Military

• Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops
  • Divizion, a subunit in some militaries
• Division (naval), a collection of warships

Science

• Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
• Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
• Division (taxonomy), 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

Technology

• Beam compass, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses

Society

• Administrative division, territory into which a country is divided
• Census division, an official term in Canada and the United States
• Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
• Division (business), 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), a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title
• In parliamentary procedure:
  • Division of the assembly, 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 Blue Line), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line
• Division station (CTA North Side Main Line), formerly a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line
• Division station (CTA Logan Square branch), formerly a station on the Logan Square branch of the Chicago "L"
• 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
• "Division", a song by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic , 2007
• "D/vision", a song by JID from The Never Story, 2017

Other uses

• 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 , a multiplayer video game by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment
• The Division (TV series), a police procedural

See also

• Dvsn, Canadian musical group
• Dividend, payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members
• Compartment (disambiguation)
• Div (disambiguation)
• Divide (disambiguation)
• Division Street (disambiguation)
• Partition (disambiguation)
• Section (disambiguation)
• Segment (disambiguation)
• Split (disambiguation)
• Subdivision (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Division
• All pages with titles containing Division