the act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.-that which divides or keeps apart; a partition.-the portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.-disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.-difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.-separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the houses of parliament, to ascertain the vote.-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.-the separation of a genus into its constituent species.-two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.-two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.-one of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.-one of the groups into which a fleet is divided.-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.-the distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.-a grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.