divisions

Noun

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat
  • "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
• the act or process of dividing
• an administrative unit in government or business
• discord that splits a group
• a league ranked by quality
• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
• a group of ships of similar type
• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
• plural of division
• A formal parade of a ship's or shore establishment's company.

Examples

• At the Britannia Royal Naval College, the Lord High Admiral's Divisions is a parade held in the presence of the monarch or her representative.

Synonyms

air division, class, division, naval division, part, partition, partitioning, section, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation, variance