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