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divisional

/dih-vizh-uhn/US // dɪˈvɪʒ ən //UK // (dɪˈvɪʒən) //

分部,部门,分区,分支机构

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
    • : Arithmetic. the operation inverse to multiplication; the finding of a quantity, the quotient, that when multiplied by a given quantity, the divisor, gives another given quantity, the dividend; the process of ascertaining how many times one number or quantity is contained in another.
    • : something that divides or separates; partition.
    • : something that marks a division; dividing line or mark.
    • : one of the parts into which a thing is divided; section.
    • : separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension.
    • : Government. the separation of a legislature, or the like, into two groups, in taking a vote.
    • : one of the parts into which a country or an organization is divided for political, judicial, military, or other purposes.
    • : Military. a major administrative and tactical unit, larger than a regiment or brigade and smaller than a corps: it is usually commanded by a major general. a number of ships, usually four, forming a tactical group that is part of a fleet or squadron.
    • : a major autonomous or semi-independent but subordinate administrative unit of an industrial enterprise, government bureau, transportation system, or university: the sales division of our company; the Division of Humanities.
    • : a category or class containing all the teams or competitors grouped together according to standing, skill, weight, age, or the like: a team in the first division; the heavyweight division in boxing.
    • : Botany. a major primary subdivision of the plant kingdom, consisting of one or more classes; plant phylum.
    • : Zoology. any subdivision of a classificatory group or category.
    • : Horticulture. a type of propagation in which new plants are grown from segments separated from the parent plant.
    • : the ornamentation of a melodic line in 17th- and 18th-century music.

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Examples

  • The division is responsible for protecting the rights of voters.

  • The division plans to co-found five to six companies over the next five years and invest $5 million to $8 million in each.

  • This “IoT Services” division is not being sold to Nvidia as part of the deal, and will remain owned by Softbank.

  • Hemmerling is a former police officer and currently in charge of the criminal and community justice divisions.

  • Los Angeles has all-world D-lineman Aaron Donald leading what was a top-10 EPA defense last year, which will help the Rams factor into this division battle despite the hell they’ve found themselves in financially.

  • Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.

  • President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

  • So here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular.

  • Excerpted by permission of Harper Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.

  • Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

  • With each division, in addition to the divisional staff, there were officers detached from the headquarters staff.

  • Given one more Division we might try: as things are, my troops won't cover the mileage.

  • In her he felt again, more distinctly than before, another person—division, conflict.

  • A second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.

  • The fillip given would have been far, far greater than that which the mere numbers (1,200 for the Division) would seem to imply.