see|división
English

Etymology
From Latin divisio, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus, divided, from dividere, to divide

Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪ�vɪ��n/, SAMPA|/dI"vIZ@n/
audio|en-us-division.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪ��n

Noun
en-noun|s|-

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 divide|dividing a number by another.
4. arithmetic A calculation that involves this process.

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

1. A large military unit, usually made up of two or three brigades.
2. A section of a large company.
3. context|biology|taxonomy A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plant|plants or fungus|fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank

#:Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.

1. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
2. 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.
3. music A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
4. law A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

Translations
trans-top|act or process of dividing anything
Afrikaans: verdeling
Czech: d�lení n
Dutch: deling f; verdeling f; scheiding f
Esperanto: divido
Finnish: jakaminen, jako
French: division f
German: Teilung f
Hebrew: ���ק� (khaluqa) f
Italian: divisione f
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Kurdish: KUchar|داب��ش
Polish: podzia� m
Romanian: diviziune f
Russian: �аздел (razdél) m, деление (delénije) n
Slovene: deljenje n
Swedish: division#Swedish|division c
Telugu: విభ�న
Urdu: ur-Arab|ت�س�� (taqseem) f
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trans-top|each of the parts resulting from division
Afrikaans: gedeelte
Czech: díl m
Dutch: deel n, gedeelte n
Finnish: osa
German: Teil m
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Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ش
Malayalam: വിഭാ�� (vibhaagam)
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trans-top|arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another
Afrikaans: deel
Czech: d�lení n
Dutch: deling f; delen n
Esperanto: divido
Finnish: jako, jakaminen
French: division f
German: Division f
Hebrew: ����ק (khiluq) m
Italian: divisione f
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Kurdish: KUchar|داب��ش
Polish: dzielenie n
Romanian: impartire f
Russian: деление (delénije) n
Slovene: deljenje n
Swedish: division#Swedish|division c
Telugu: భా�హారమ�
Urdu: ur-Arab|ت�س�� (taqseem) f
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trans-top|arithmetic: calculation involving this process
Afrikaans: deel
Czech: d�lení n
Dutch: deling f; staartdeling f
Finnish: jakolasku
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Kurdish: KUchar|داب��ش
Polish: dzielenie n
Russian: деление (delénije) n
Swedish: division#Swedish|division c
Urdu: ur-Arab|ت�س�� (taqseem) f
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trans-top|large military unit
Afrikaans: afdeling; skeiding
Dutch: divisie f,
Esperanto: divizio
Finnish: divisioona
German: Abteilung f, Division f
Hebrew: ����� (ugda) f
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Kurdish: KUchar|�ر���
Polish: dywizja f
Romanian: impartire f
Russian: дивизи� (divízija) f army, дивизион (divizión) m navy
Slovene: divizija f
Swedish: division#Swedish|division c
Telugu: విభా�మ�
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trans-top|section of a large company
Afrikaans: afdeling
Dutch: afdeling f, divisie f, eenheid f
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ش
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Romanian: divizie f
Russian: о�дел (otdél) m, о�деление (otdelénije) n, �ек�и� (sékcija) f
Swedish: division#Swedish|division c
Telugu: విభా�మ�
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trans-top|biology: taxonomic classification of plants
Finnish: kaari, pääjakso
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Urdu: ur-Arab|ت�س�� (taqseem) f
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trans-top|disagreement; a difference of viewpoint
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trans-top|law: concept of separate responsibility
Dutch: deelbaarheid (van prestasie) f
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: rannadur m, -ioú p
ttbc|CJKV Characters: 段
ttbc|Estonian: jagamine (1)
ttbc|Frisian: dieling f, deling f
ttbc|Spanish: división f

Derived terms
divisional

Related terms
divide
dividend
divisive
divisor

See also
denominator
fraction
numerator
quotient

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Category:Law

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-r-c|2=divisione
division c

1. division#English|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

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