Division
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Mathematics

  • Division (mathematics)
    Division (mathematics)
    right|thumb|200px|20 \div 4=5In mathematics, especially in elementary arithmetic, division is an arithmetic operation.Specifically, if c times b equals a, written:c \times b = a\,...

    , the inverse of multiplication
  • Division (digital)
    Division (digital)
    Several algorithms exist to perform division in digital designs. These algorithms fall into two main categories: slow division and fast division. Slow division algorithms produce one digit of the final quotient per iteration. Examples of slow division include restoring, non-performing restoring,...

    , digital implementation of mathematical division
  • Division, in relational algebra

Science

  • Cell division
    Cell division
    Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells . Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle. This type of cell division in eukaryotes is known as mitosis, and leaves the daughter cell capable of dividing again. The corresponding sort...

    , the process in which biological cells multiply
  • Division (horticulture)
    Division (horticulture)
    Division, in horticulture and gardening, is a method of asexual plant propagation, where the plant is broken up into two or more parts...

    , a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
  • Continental divide
    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 connected to the open sea...

    , the geographical term for separation between watersheds
  • Division, a biological classification for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum
    Phylum
    In biology, a phylum The term was coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek φῦλον phylon, "race, stock," related to φυλή phyle, "tribe, clan." is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division....


Society

  • Administrative division
    Administrative division
    An administrative division, subnational entity, or country subdivision is a portion of a country or other political division, established for the purpose of government. Administrative divisions are each granted a certain degree of autonomy, and are required to manage themselves through their own...

    , also known as a Country subdivision
  • Census division
    Census division
    Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States. The census divisions of Canada are second-level census geographic unit, below provinces and territories, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas". In provinces where they exist, the census division may correspond...

  • Diairesis
    Diairesis
    Diaeresis is used as a technical term in Platonic and Stoic philosophy.- Plato's method of definition :...

    , Plato's method of definition by division
  • Division (business)
    Division (business)
    A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. It is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or "doing business as" certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name...

  • Division (country subdivision), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
  • Division (sport)
    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 , a division consists a group of teams who play a sport at a similar competitive level...

    , a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title
  • Division (military)
    Division (military)
    A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions typically make up a corps...

    , a unit typically consisting of between 10,000 to 20,000 troops
  • In parliamentary procedure
    Parliamentary procedure
    Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies...

    :
    • Division of the assembly, to undertake a different voting method
      Voting methods (parliamentary)
      Deliberative assemblies - bodies that use parliamentary procedure to arrive at decisions - use several methods of voting on motions ....

       than the default
    • Division of a question
      Division of a question
      A motion for division of a question, in parliamentary procedure, is used to split a motion into a set of motions.-Explanation and Use:-Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised :...

      , to split a question into two or more questions
  • Partition (politics)
    Partition (politics)
    In politics, a partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community. That change is done primarily by diplomatic means, and use of military force is negligible....

    , the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
  • Police division
    Police division
    A division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units , although some forces continue to refer to them as divisions.The...

    , a large territorial unit of the British police

Music

  • Division (album)
    Division (album)
    Division is 10 Years's fourth studio album and second major label release which was released May 13, 2008. The first single was "Beautiful". It has so far sold over 250,000 copies in the US.-Track listing:#"Actions & Motives" - 3:23...

    , a 2008 album by 10 Years
  • Division (music)
    Division (music)
    Division in music refers to a type of ornamentation or variation common in 16th and 17th century music in which each note of a melodic line is "divided" into several shorter, faster-moving notes, often by a rhythmic repetition of a simple musical device such as the trill, turn or cambiata on each...

    , a specific type of ornamentation
  • Division viol
    Division viol
    The division viol is an English type of bass viol, which was originally popular in the mid-17th century, but is currently experiencing a renaissance of its own due to the movement for historically informed performance...

    , an English Renaissance instrument
  • Division, a grouping of pipe ranks in a pipe organ
    Pipe organ
    The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...

  • "÷" or "Division", a song by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic
    Insomniatic
    Insomniatic is the second studio album by American teen pop duo Aly & AJ. The album was released on July 10, 2007 in the United States, and was later released in the UK and Italy on October 22, 2007 with new cover art...


Other uses

  • Beam compass or dividers
  • Divider caliper, a measuring tool
  • Divisions of the field, a concept in Heraldry
    Heraldry
    Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...

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