1. Séparation réelle ou fictive, partage. Division d'un livre en chapitres.
2. (Mathématiques) Opération consistant ŕ partager une nombre en parties égales
3. (Militaire) Unité placée sous les ordres d'un général (de division)
4. (Biologie) Fait pour les cellules de se diviser en particulier dans certains modes de reproduction.
5. Partie d'un tout. Division administrative.
6. Manque de cohésion, d'unité. Les divisions internes d'un parti.
ETYM French division, Latin divisio, from dividere. Related to Divide.
1. Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart; SYN. partition, partitioning, segmentation, subdivision, sectionalization.
2. The act or process of dividing or splitting.
3. (Biology) A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
4. (Botany) Taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
5. An administrative unit in government or business.
6. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
7. Discord that splits a group; SYN. variance.
8. An army unit large enough to sustain combat.
9. A group of ships of similar type.
10. A unit of the US air force usually comprising two or more wings.
ETYM Written also reft.
1. A gap between cloud masses.
2. A narrow fissure in rock.
ETYM Latin separatio: cf. French séparation.
1. Coming apart; SYN. breakup, detachment.
2. Sorting one thing from others.
3. The act of dividing or disconnecting.
4. The social act of separating or parting company.
5. The state of lacking unity.