Division
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Division may refer to:
Processes:
- 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 (mathematics), an arithmetic operation that serves as the inverse of multiplication
- Division (digital), digital implementation of mathematical division
- Division in relational algebra
- Division (vote), a manner by which the votes of legislators are recorded
- Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
- Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
- Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
- Division (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
- Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
- North-South divide, the geopolitical term for the division between wealthy nations and poor nations
- Segmentation
Units/ Entities:
- Division (organisation), a subsidiary of a larger organisation
- Division (business), a separate named business operated as a part of an organization
- 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
- Police division, a large territorial unit (now often referred to as a Basic Command Unit) of the British police
- Division (sport), a group of comparable teams in organised sport who compete amongst themselves for a Divisional title
- Division (botany), a classification of plants or fungi (the botanical/mycological counterpart to zoology's phylum)
- Division (country subdivision), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
- A county constituency or Parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom Parliament
- A subpart of a hundred (division), former administrative unit in England and Wales
- Census division
Music:
- "÷" (often named "Division") is a song from Aly & AJ's third album Insomniatic
- A grouping of pipe ranks in a pipe organ, often with its own case, windchest, and keyboard
- Division (music) a specific type of ornamentation, most common in 17th century English music
- Division viol, an English Renaissance instrument
- Joy Division, an English rock band
- Division (album), is the name of the 2008 album by 10 Years.
Miscellaneous:
- In nautical navigation the compass is called dividers

