klɑːs dɪˈvɪʒən pɑːt pɑɹt pɐːt pɑɹˈtɪʃən ˈsɛkʃən ˈvɛːɹi.əns ˈvæɹi.ənts the act or process of dividing the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole the written part of the exam the finance section of the company the BBC's engineering division discord that splits a group an army unit large enough to sustain combat two infantry divisions were held in reserve a group of ships of similar type a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings an administrative unit in government or business (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category a league ranked by quality he played baseball in class D for two years Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA