division

Sense 1 noun

an army unit large enough to sustain combat

two infantry divisions were held in reserve

Sense 2 noun

one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

the written part of the exam

Sense 3 noun

the act or process of dividing

Sense 4 noun

an administrative unit in government or business

Sense 5 noun

discord that splits a group

Sense 6 noun

a league ranked by quality

he played baseball in class D for two years

Sense 7 noun

(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

Sense 8 noun

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

Sense 9 noun

a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

Sense 10 noun

a group of ships of similar type

Sense 11 noun

an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

Sense 12 noun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart