Division or divider may refer to:

Mathematics

Division (mathematics) Division is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the ways that numbers are combined to make new numbers. The other operations are addition, subtraction, and multiplication. At an elementary level the division of two natural number ...

, the inverse of multiplication * Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division

Military

Division (military) A division is a large military unit or Formation (military), formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically mak ...

, a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops **

Divizion {{army units A divizion (dywizjon) (a word in several European languages, mostly Slavic) is a military unit in some armed branches, usually artillery and cavalry, being an equivalent of battalion. It should be distinguished from division, which ...

, a subunit in some militaries * Division (naval), a collection of warships

Science

* Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply *

Continental divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...

, the geographical term for separation between watersheds *

Division (biology) Division is a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, ''division'' refers to a rank equivalent to phylum. The use of either term is allowed under the International C ...

, used differently in botany and zoology * Division (botany), a taxonomic rank for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum in zoology * Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method * Division, a medical/surgical operation involving cutting and separation, see ICD-10 Procedure Coding System

Technology

* Beam compass, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses *Divider caliper or compass, a caliper * Frequency divider, a circuit that divides the frequency of a clock signal

Society

* Administrative division, territory into which a country is divided *

Census division Census divisions, in Canada and the United States of America, United States, are areas delineated for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government in and of themselves. The census divisions of Canada are second-lev ...

, an official term in Canada and the United States *

Diairesis Diairesis ( grc, διαίρεσις, diaíresis, "division") is a form of classification used in ancient (especially Platonic) logic that serves to systematize concepts and come to definitions. When defining a concept using diairesis, one starts w ...

, Plato's method of definition by division * Division (business), of a business entity is a distinct part of that business but the primary business is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the division *

Division (political geography) A division is a type of administrative division of some Asian and African countries, as well as a sub-division of entities in England. Some have been dissolved or been renamed. Administrative divisions England

Some of the hundred (county ...

, a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country * Division (sport), a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title *In parliamentary procedure: **

Division of the assembly In parliamentary procedure, a division of the assembly, division of the house, or simply division is a method of taking a vote that physically counts members voting. Historically, and often still today, members are literally divided into physical ...

, a type of formally recorded vote by assembly members **

Division of a question In parliamentary procedure, a motion for division of a question is used to separate a motion into a set of motions. History The concept of a division of a question dates back to at least 1640, when the ''Lex Parliamentaria'' noted, "If a Question u ...

, to split a question into two or more questions *

Partition (politics) In politics, a partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community.Brendan O'LearyDEBATING PARTITION: JUSTIFICATIONS AND CRITIQUES Arguments for *historicist – that parti ...

, the process of changing national borders or separating political entities *

Police division A division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units (BCUs), although ...

, a large territorial unit of the British police

Places

Division station (CTA North Side Main Line) Division was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line, which is now part of the Brown Line. The station was located at 322 W. Division Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. Division was situated south o ...

, a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line *

Division station (CTA Blue Line) Division, (Division/Milwaukee in station announcements) is an 'L' station on the CTA's Blue Line. The station is located at the Polonia Triangle (the intersection of Milwaukee, Ashland, and Division Division or divider may refer to: Mathema ...

, a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line *

Division Mountain Division Mountain is located on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1919 by ...

, on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada *

Division Range The Division Range is a mountain range in Humboldt County, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, Cali ...

, Humboldt County, Nevada

Music

* ''Division'' (10 Years album), 2008 * ''Division'' (The Gazette album), 2012 * ''Divisions'' (album), by Starset, 2019 * Division (music), a type of ornamentation or variation found in early music *Divider, as in Schenkerian music analysis, a consonant subdivision of a consonant interval *"Division", a song by Aly & AJ from '' Insomniatic'', 2007 *"Divider", a song by Scott Weiland from the album ''

12 Bar Blues (album) ''12 Bar Blues'' is the debut solo album from Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. Its sound and style differ greatly from STP's previous releases. The design concept of the cover is a homage to the cover design of John Coltrane's '' Blue Tr ...

'', 1998

Other uses

*Divider, a

central reservation The median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways. The term also a ...

in Bangladesh * Division of the field, a concept in heraldry * Division (logical fallacy), when one reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts * Tom Clancy's The Division, a multiplayer videogame by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment *'' The Division'' (TV series), a police procedural