English > division: 12 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole. |
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| Example | "the BBC's engineering division" |
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| Synonyms | part, section |
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| Part of | whole | All of something including all its component elements or parts |
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| Narrower | beginning | The first part or section of something |
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| chukker, chukka | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided |
| component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient | An abstract part of something |
| end | A final / final part or section |
| final period | The final division into which the play of a game is divided |
| first period | The first division into which the play of a game is divided |
| frame | One of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided |
| game | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves |
| half | One of two divisions into which some games / games or performances are divided |
| high point | The most enjoyable part of a given experience |
| inning, frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat |
| middle | An intermediate part or section |
| over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch |
| period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games |
| quarter | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games / games are divided |
| second period | The second division into which the play of a game is divided |
| turn, bout, round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive |
| Broader | concept, conception, construct | An abstract or general idea inferred / inferred / inferred / inferred or derived from specific instances |
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| Spanish | división, parte, sección |
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| Catalan | divisió, part, secció |
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| Adjectives | divisional | constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit |
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English > division: 12 senses > noun 3, act| Meaning | The act or process of dividing. |
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| Narrower | atomization, atomisation, fragmentation | separating something into fine particles |
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| bisection | dividing into two equal parts |
| branching, ramification, fork, forking | The act of branching out or dividing into branches |
| cleavage | The act of cleaving or splitting |
| cut, cutting | The act of cutting something into parts |
| cut, cutting | The division of a deck of cards before dealing / dealing |
| dichotomization, dichotomisation | The act of dividing into two sharply different categories / categories |
| fractionation | separation into portions |
| parcellation | The division into parcels |
| quantization, quantisation | The act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory |
| quartering | dividing into four equal parts |
| schism, split | division of a group into opposing factions |
| syllabication, syllabification | forming or dividing words into syllables |
| word division, hyphenation | division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page |
| Broader | separation | The act of dividing or disconnecting |
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| Spanish | división, partición |
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| Catalan | divisió, partició |
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| Adjectives | divisional | serving to divide or marking a division / division |
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| Verbs | divide | separate into parts or portions |
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English > division: 12 senses > noun 7, group| Meaning | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger / larger category. |
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| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
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| Narrower | Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls |
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| Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta | Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment |
| Cyanophyta, division Cyanophyta | prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom |
| Cynodontia, division Cynodontia | A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth |
| Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontia | A division of Therapsida |
| Euglenophyta, division Euglenophyta | free-swimming flagellate algae |
| Heterokontophyta, division Heterokontophyta | algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths |
| Phaeophyta, division Phaeophyta | coextensive with class Phaeophyceae |
| Pisces | A group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates |
| Rhodophyta, division Rhodophyta | Lower plants |
| Schizophyta, division Schizophyta | former term for the Cyanophyta |
| division Archaebacteria | In some classifications considered a kingdom |
| division Eubacteria | one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella |
| form division | An artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure |
| Broader | biological group | A group of plants or animals |
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English > division: 12 senses > noun 8, group| Meaning | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum. |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
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| Narrower | Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina | A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes |
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| Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina | Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium |
| Bryophyta, division Bryophyta | A division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms |
| Cryptogamia | In former classification systems |
| Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision Deuteromycotina | large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known |
| Eumycota, division Eumycota | true fungi |
| Lichenes, division Lichenes | Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae |
| Lycophyta | Used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida |
| Mastigomycota, subdivision Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, subdivision Mastigomycotina | fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile |
| Myxomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota | slime molds |
| Phanerogamae | In former classification systems |
| Protista, division Protista | eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals |
| Pteridophyta, division Pteridophyta | Containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds |
| Pteropsida, subdivision Pteropsida | Used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes ... / classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae |
| Spermatophyta, division Spermatophyta | seed plants |
| Thallophyta | Used only in former classifications |
| Tracheophyta, division Tracheophyta | In former classifications |
| Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycota, Zygomycotina, subdivision Zygomycotina | division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores |
| Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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