division

noun
/dɪˈvɪʒn̩/

The act or process of dividing anything.

Other meanings

Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
The process of dividing a number by another.

Related words

antidivision
divisionary
divisionism
divisionist
divisionless
divisome
equidivision
hyperdivision
infradivision
interdivision
intradivision
misdivision

Example sentences

“The game was supposed to unite them, but it caused division.”
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Word history

From Latin "divisio" (dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “division” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.