A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
(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.
(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
(law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
“Care must be taken to ensure that the division of the cookie dough will result in biscuits of equal thickness.”
“These inflammatory words have only served to sow division between our people.”
“Due in part to this broader definition of objectives for reading, there developed a division in philosophies with respect to the teaching of reading.”
divide
A thing that divides.
An act of dividing.
A distancing between two people or things.
(geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
“When she died it was only natural that the Co-op would arrange the funeral, although I don't think we got any of her divi back.”
“The Co-op said the new divi would draw in the current loyalty card system and pay members twice yearly out of the group's profits.”
“Loyalty cards, just like the old Green Shield stamps and the co-op divi are understandable but why, oh why, are these stores issuing credit and debit cards?”
“We have heard of a dividence of women and children in the bay, and would be glad of a share.”
“During the 1920's operations were profitable, making possible the payment of large dividence to investors.”
“The first dividence bounds with his front upon the pond at the West end of the said plain, only a cart way being left between the said front and the pond.”