Division may refer to:

Mathematics

Division (mathematics) Division is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic. The other operations are addition, subtraction, and multiplication. What is being divided is called the ''dividend'', which is divided by the ''divisor'', and the result is called the ...

, the inverse of multiplication *

Division algorithm A division algorithm is an algorithm which, given two integers ''N'' and ''D'' (respectively the numerator and the denominator), computes their quotient and/or remainder, the result of Euclidean division. Some are applied by hand, while others ar ...

, 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 10,000 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, a subunit in some militaries *

Division (naval) A naval division is a sub-division of a squadron or flotilla of a navy. It can also be a sub-division of a fleet. A division is the smallest naval formation, most commonly numbering between two and four ships. Command element A division i ...

, a collection of warships

Science

Cell division Cell division is the process by which a parent cell (biology), cell divides into two daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle in which the cell grows and replicates its chromosome(s) before dividing. In eukar ...

, 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 (taxonomy) Division is a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, ''division'' is the traditional name for a rank now considered equivalent to phylum. The use of either term is ...

, used differently in botany and zoology *

Division (botany) Division is a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, ''division'' is the traditional name for a rank now considered equivalent to phylum. The use of either term is a ...

, 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 The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural codes, procedural coding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure c ...

Technology

Beam compass A beam compass is a compass with a beam and sliding sockets or cursors for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses. The instrument can be as a whole, or made on the spot with individual sockets (called t ...

, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses

Society

Administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

, territory into which a country is divided *

Census division Census divisions, in Canada and the 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-level census geographic uni ...

, an official term in Canada and the United States *

Diairesis Diairesis (, "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 with a broad concept, then divides t ...

, Plato's method of definition by division *

Division (business) A division, sometimes called a business sector or business unit (segment), is one of the parts into which a business, organization or company is divided. Overview Divisions are distinct parts of a business. If these divisions are all part of th ...

, 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 name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country *

Division (sport) In sports, a division is a group of teams who compete against each other for a championship. League system In sports using a league system (also known as a pyramid structure), a division consists of a group of teams who play a sport at a similar ...

, 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, to split a question into two or more questions *

Partition (politics) In international relations, a partition is a division of a previously unified territory into two or more parts. Brendan O'Leary distinguishes partition, a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland ...

, 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), althoug ...

, a large territorial unit of the British police

Places

Division Street (Spokane, Washington) Division Street is a major north–south street in Spokane, Washington, United States. It travels approximately through a majority of the city, albeit non-contiguously through its southern portions, extending from the South Hill to Spokane's ...

, a main north-south arterial street in

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

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) and serves the Wicker Park and East U ...

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

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 Chicago is the List ...

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

Division station (CTA Logan Square branch) Division was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" Logan Square branch, one of several branches of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad. Located on Division Street, the station was constructed by the Metropolitan in the early ...

, formerly a station on the Logan Square branch of the Chicago "L" *

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 19 ...

, 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, United States. References Mountain ranges of Humboldt County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Nevada {{HumboldtCountyNV-geo-stub ...

, Humboldt County, Nevada

Music

* ''Division'' (10 Years album), 2008 * ''Division'' (The Gazette album), 2012 * ''Divisions'' (album), by Starset, 2019 *

Division (music) In music, division (also called Diminution#Diminution as embellishmen, diminution or coloration) refers to a type of Ornament (music), ornamentation or Variation (music)#History of variations, variation common in 16th- and 17th-century music in ...

, a type of ornamentation or variation found in early music *"Division", a song by Aly & AJ from '' Insomniatic'', 2007

Other uses

Division of the field In heraldry, the field (heraldry), field (background) of a escutcheon (heraldry), shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tincture (heraldry), tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinary (heral ...

, a concept in heraldry *

Division (logical fallacy) The fallacy of division is an informal fallacy that occurs when one reasons that something that is true for a whole must also be true of all or some of its parts. An example: # The second grade in Jefferson Elementary eats a lot of ice cream # ...

, 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 ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' is a 2016 online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. It was released on 8 March for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is set in a near ...

'', a multiplayer video game by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment *''

The Division ''The Division'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focuses on a team of female detectives and police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. Th ...

'' (TV series), a police procedural