Division vs. Unit
Divisionnoun
(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
Divisionnoun
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
Divisionnoun
The process of dividing a number by another.
Divisionnoun
(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
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(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
Divisionnoun
A section of a large company.
Divisionnoun
(taxonomy) 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.
Divisionnoun
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
Divisionnoun
(government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
Divisionnoun
(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.
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(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
Divisionnoun
(legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
Divisionnoun
(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
Divisionnoun
A lesson; a class.
Divisionnoun
The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
Divisionnoun
That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
Divisionnoun
The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Divisionnoun
Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
Divisionnoun
Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
Divisionnoun
Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
Divisionnoun
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.
Divisionnoun
The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
Divisionnoun
Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
Divisionnoun
One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
Divisionnoun
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.
Divisionnoun
The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
Divisionnoun
A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
Divisionnoun
an army unit large enough to sustain combat;
Divisionnoun
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
Divisionnoun
the act or process of dividing
Divisionnoun
an administrative unit in government or business
Divisionnoun
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
Divisionnoun
discord that splits a group
Divisionnoun
a league ranked by quality;
Divisionnoun
(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
Divisionnoun
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
Divisionnoun
a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
Divisionnoun
a group of ships of similar type
Divisionnoun
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
Divisionnoun
the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated
Divisionnoun
the distribution of something separated into parts
Divisionnoun
an instance of members of a legislative body separating into two groups to vote
Divisionnoun
the action of splitting the roots of a perennial plant into parts to be replanted separately, as a means of propagation
Divisionnoun
the action of dividing a wider class into two or more subclasses.
Divisionnoun
difference or disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension
Divisionnoun
the process of dividing one number by another
Divisionnoun
the process of dividing a matrix, vector, or other quantity by another under specific rules to obtain a quotient.
Divisionnoun
each of the parts into which something is divided
Divisionnoun
a major section of an organization, with responsibility for a particular area of activity
Divisionnoun
a group of army brigades or regiments
Divisionnoun
a number of teams or competitors grouped together in a sport for competitive purposes according to such characteristics as ability or weight
Divisionnoun
a part of a county, country, or city defined for administrative or political purposes
Divisionnoun
a part of a county or borough forming a parliamentary constituency
Divisionnoun
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to the phylum in zoology.
Divisionnoun
any subsidiary category between major levels of classification.
Divisionnoun
a partition
Unitnoun
(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Unitnoun
(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
Unitnoun
The number one.
Unitnoun
An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
Unitnoun
A member of a military organization.
Unitnoun
Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
Unitnoun
An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
Unitnoun
A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
Unitnoun
With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
Unitnoun
(algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
Unitnoun
(algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
Unitnoun
(category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
Unitnoun
(geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
Unitnoun
(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
Unitnoun
(UK) A unit of alcohol.
Unitnoun
One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
Unitnoun
a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
Unitnoun
(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
Unitnoun
A work unit.
Unitnoun
A physically large person.
Unitadjective
For each unit.
Unitadjective
(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
Unitnoun
A single thing or person.
Unitnoun
The least whole number; one.
Unitnoun
A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
Unitnoun
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
Unitnoun
A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.
Unitnoun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange;
Unitnoun
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole;
Unitnoun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group;
Unitnoun
a single undivided whole;
Unitnoun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else;
Unitnoun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
