Possible Definitions:
1. Division (n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
2. Division (n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
4. Division (n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
5. Division (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
6. Division (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
7. Division (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.
8. Division (n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
9. Division (n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
10. Division (n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
11. Division (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
12. Division (n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
13. Division (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.
14. Division (n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
15. Division (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.
