division

See also: Division and división

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EnglishEdit

$20\div 4=5$

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

NounEdit

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
3. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
4. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

   I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.

5. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
6. A section of a large company.
7. (taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank

   Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

8. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
9. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
10. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
11. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
12. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
13. (Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

Derived termsEdit

• division-viol
• divisional
• division of labour
• data division
• environment division
• identification division
• procedure division
• (military): square division
• (military): triangular division
• subdivision

Related termsEdit

• divide
• dividend
• divisive
• divisor
• divisible
• divisibility
• ÷
• /

SynonymsEdit

• split, lith

AntonymsEdit

• (making of one thing into two or more things): combination, fusion, merger, unification
• (arithmetic: calculation of the quotient): multiplication

TranslationsEdit

act or process of dividing anything

• Afrikaans: verdeling, divisie
• Albanian: ndarje (sq)
• Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
• Aromanian: mpãrtãciuni f
• Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
• Bulgarian: делене (bg) n (delene), разделяне (bg) n (razdeljane)
• Czech: dělení (cs) n
• Dutch: deling (nl) f, verdeling (nl) f, scheiding (nl) f
• Esperanto: divido, dividado
• Finnish: jakaminen (fi), jako (fi)
• French: division (fr) f
• Galician: división f
• German: Teilung (de) f
• Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
• Hebrew: חלוקה‏‎ f (ḥaluqá)
• Indonesian: divisi (id)
• Irish: deighilt f
• Italian: divisione (it) f
• Japanese: 分割 (ja) (ぶんかつ, bunkatsu)
• Korean: 부서 (ko) (buseo)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دابەش‏‎ (dabeş)

• Macedonian: делење n (délenje), поделба f (pódelba)
• Malay: divisi, pembahagian
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: divisjon m

• Persian: تقسیم‏‎ (fa) (taqsim)
• Polish: podział (pl) m
• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Romanian: divizare (ro) f, împărțire (ro) f
• Russian: разде́л (ru) m (razdél), деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
• Scots: diveesion
• Slovene: deljenje n
• Spanish: división (es) f
• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Swedish: division (sv) c
• Telugu: విభజన (te) (vibhajana)
• Turkish: bölme (tr), bölüm (tr)
• Urdu: تقسیم‏‎ f (taqsīm)
• West Frisian: yndieling c

each of the parts resulting from division

• Afrikaans: gedeelte
• Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin), բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
• Bulgarian: част (bg) f (čast), раздел (bg) m (razdel)
• Czech: díl (cs) m
• Dutch: deel (nl) n, gedeelte (nl) n
• Finnish: osa (fi)
• German: Teil (de) m
• Indonesian: bagian (id)
• Irish: urrann f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بەش‏‎ (beş)

• Macedonian: дел m (del)
• Malay: bahagian
• Malayalam: വിഭാഗം (ml) (vibhāgaṃ)
• Persian: بخش‏‎ (fa) (baxš)
• Portuguese: parte (pt) f
• Quechua: t'aqa
• Romanian: diviziune (ro) f, parte (ro) f
• Spanish: parte (es) f
• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Turkish: bölüm (tr), pay (tr)
• West Frisian: ôfdieling c

arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another

• Afrikaans: deel
• Arabic: قِسْمَة‏‎ f (qisma)
• Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
• Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
• Bulgarian: деление (bg) n (delenie)
• Czech: dělení (cs) n
• Dutch: deling (nl) f, delen (nl) n
• Esperanto: divido
• Finnish: jako (fi), jakaminen (fi)
• French: division (fr) f
• Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa)
• German: Division (de) f
• Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
• Hebrew: חילוק‏‎ m (ḥilúq)
• Icelandic: deiling (is) f
• Italian: divisione (it) f
• Japanese: 割り算 (わりざん, warizan), 除算 (じょざん, jozan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دابەش‏‎ (dabeş)

• Macedonian: делење n (délenje)

• Maori: whakawehenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: divisjon m

• Persian: تقسیم‏‎ (fa) (taqsim)
• Polish: dzielenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Quechua: t'ipi
• Romanian: împărțire (ro) f
• Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
• Slovene: deljenje n
• Spanish: división (es) f
• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Swedish: division (sv) c
• Tagalog: palahatian
• Telugu: భాగహారము (te) (bhāgahāramu)
• Turkish: bölme (tr)
• Urdu: تقسیم‏‎ f (taqsīm)
• West Frisian: dieling c

arithmetic: calculation involving this process

• Afrikaans: deel
• Armenian: բաժանում (hy) (bažanum)
• Bashkir: бүлеү (bülew)
• Bulgarian: деление (bg) n (delenie)
• Czech: dělení (cs) n
• Dutch: deling (nl) f, staartdeling (nl) f
• Finnish: jakolasku (fi)
• French: division (fr) f
• Georgian: გაყოფა (gaq̇opa)
• Greek: διαίρεση (el) f (diaíresi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دابەش‏‎ (dabeş)

• Macedonian: делење n (délenje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: divisjon m

• Persian: تقسیم‏‎ (fa) (taqsim), بخش‏‎ (fa) (baxš)
• Polish: dzielenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Romanian: împărțire (ro) f, divizare (ro) f
• Russian: деле́ние (ru) n (delénije)
• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Swedish: division (sv) c
• Tagalog: palahatian
• Turkish: bölme (tr), bölme işlemi (tr)
• Urdu: تقسیم‏‎ f (taqsīm)
• West Frisian: dieling c

large military unit

• Afrikaans: afdeling, skeiding
• Armenian: դիվիզիա (divizia)
• Bulgarian: дивизия f (divizija)
• Czech: divize f
• Dutch: divisie (nl) f
• Esperanto: divizio
• Estonian: diviis
• Estonian: diviis
• Finnish: divisioona (fi)
• French: division (fr) f
• Georgian: დანაყოფი (danaq̇opi), დივიზია (divizia)
• German: Abteilung (de) f, Division (de) f
• Greek: μεραρχία (el) f (merarchía)
• Hebrew: אוגדה‏‎ f (ugdá)
• Indonesian: divisi (id)
• Khmer: កងពលធំ (kong pol thom)
• Korean: 사단 (ko) (sadan)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فرقە‏‎ (firqe)

• Macedonian: дивизија f (divízija)
• Maori: whare, mātua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: divisjon m

• Persian: لشکر‏‎ (fa) (laškar)
• Polish: dywizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Romanian: impartire f
• Russian: диви́зия (ru) f (divízija) (in the army), дивизио́н (ru) m (divizión) (in the navy)
• Slovene: divizija (sl) f
• Spanish: división (es) f
• Swahili: farakano (sw)
• Swedish: division (sv) c
• Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu)
• Turkish: tümen (tr)
• West Frisian: divyzje c

section of a large company

• Afrikaans: afdeling
• Armenian: բաժին (hy) (bažin)
• Bulgarian: подразделение (bg) n (podrazdelenie)
• Czech: divize f
• Dutch: afdeling (nl) f, divisie (nl) f, eenheid (nl) f
• French: division (fr) f
• Greek: διεύθυνση (el) f (diéfthynsi)
• Indonesian: divisi (id)
• Japanese: 部 (ja) (ぶ, bu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بەش‏‎ (beş)

• Luxembourgish: Andeelung f

• Macedonian: оддел m (óddel), одделение n (otdelénie)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: divisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: divisjon m

• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Romanian: divizie (ro) f
• Russian: отде́л (ru) m (otdél), отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), се́кция (ru) f (sékcija)
• Swahili: farakano (sw)
• Swedish: division (sv) c
• Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu)
• Welsh: adran (cy) f
• West Frisian: divyzje c

biology: taxonomic classification of plants

• Czech: oddělení (cs) f
• Finnish: kaari (fi), pääjakso (fi)
• Icelandic: skipting f
• Khmer: សាខា (km) (sar khar)
• Macedonian: оддел m (óddel)

• Portuguese: divisão (pt) f
• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Telugu: విభాగము (te) (vibhāgamu)
• Urdu: تقسیم‏‎ f (taqsīm)
• West Frisian: klasse c

disagreement; a difference of viewpoint

• Greek: διχόνοια (el) f (dichónoia), διχασμός (el) m (dichasmós)
• Irish: deighilt f
• Macedonian: поделеност f (podélenost)

• Swahili: ugavi (sw), farakano (sw)
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr)
• West Frisian: ôfstimming c

law: concept of separate responsibility

• Dutch: (van prestasie) deelbaarheid f
• Indonesian: pemekaran (id)

• Swahili: ugavi (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} rannadur m, ^{(please verify)} -ioú pl

• Estonian: (1) ^{(please verify)} jagamine

See alsoEdit

• separation
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator
• fraction
• numerator

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French, borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zjɔ̃/

• Audio

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NounEdit

division f (plural divisions)

1. division (act or process of dividing)
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. division (subsection)

Related termsEdit

• diviser

Further readingEdit

• “division” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”)

NounEdit

division c

1. division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
2. (sports) division, league; a organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others

DeclensionEdit

Declension of division
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	division	divisionen	divisioner	divisionerna
Genitive	divisions	divisionens	divisioners	divisionernas