Division

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Division may refer to:

Processes:

• Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
• Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
• Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
• Division (fallacy), a fallacy of ambiguation in which one assumes that various parts have a property solely because the whole has that same property
• Division (digital), digital implementation of mathematical division
• Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
• Division in relational algebra
• Division (mathematics), an arithmetic operation that serves as the inverse of multiplication
• Division (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
• Division (vote), a voting mechanism in parliamentary procedure
• Fair division, the problem of dividing a resource so recipients believe they have received a fair amount
• North-South divide, the geopolitical term for the division between wealthy nations and poor nations
• Segmentation

Units/entities:

• Census division
• county constituency or a parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom parliament
• Division (botany), a classification of plants or fungi (the botanical/mycological counterpart to zoology's phylum)
• Division (business), a separate named business operated as a part of an organization
• Division (country subdivision), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
• Division (military), a unit typically consisting of between 10,000 to 20,000 troops
• Division (naval), a unit typically consisting of two or four ships
• Division (organisation), a subsidiary of a larger organisation
• Division (sport), a group of compatible teams in organised sport who compete amongst themselves for a divisional title
• hundred (division) a sub-part of a former administrative unit in England and Wales
• Police division, a large territorial unit (now often referred to as a Basic Command Unit) of the British police

Music:

• A record label formed in Dallas, Texas in 1961 by WRR DJ Jim Lowe. Their biggest hit was "Sometimes At Night" by Jimmy Velvit which charted in 1961.
• A grouping of pipe ranks in a pipe organ, often with its own case, windchest, and keyboard
• Division (album), a 2008 album by 10 Years
• Division (music) a specific type of ornamentation, most common in 17th century English music
• Division viol, an English Renaissance instrument
• Division (band), an American metal band
• Joy Division, an English rock band
• "÷" (often named "Division") is a song from Aly & AJ's third album Insomniatic

Miscellaneous:

• In nautical navigation, the Beam compass is called dividers

[edit] See also

• Country subdivision
• Segmentation

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