(n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the
state of being so divided; separation.
(n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
(n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body;
a distinct segment or section.
(n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord;
variance; alienation.
(n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction;
distinction; contrast.
(n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of
the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
(n.) The process of finding how many times one number or
quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also,
the rule by which the operation is performed.
(n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
(n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general
officer.
(n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision
of a battalion.
(n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is
divided for administering military affairs.
(n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
(n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form
one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
(n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so
distinguished.
(n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe
or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a
subkingdom.
