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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun subdivision has 5 senses
- subdivision(n = noun.location) Array - an area composed of subdivided lots; Array is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
- subdivision(n = noun.act) Array - the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided; Array is a kind of division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation
- subdivision(n = noun.group) arm, branch - a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" has particulars: local post office, post office, executive branch, executive office of the president, legislative branch, judicial branch
- subdivision(n = noun.communication) section - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" has particulars: lead, lead-in, lede, canto, above, sports section, article, clause, book, chapter, episode, spot, spot, insert, introduction, narration, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, passage, mezuza, mezuzah, sura, exposition, obbligato, obligato, recapitulation, development
- subdivision(n = noun.artifact) subsection - a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided; Array is a kind of section, segment
Derived forms verb subdivide2, verb subdivide1
is a kind of division
is a kind of piece of writing, writing, written material, music
CIDE DICTIONARY
subdivision, n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision.].
- The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. [1913 Webster]
- A part of a thing made by subdividing. [1913 Webster]"In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
subdivision, n.
1 the act or an instance of subdividing.
2 a secondary or subordinate division.
3 US & Austral. an area of land divided into plots for sale.
1 the act or an instance of subdividing.
2 a secondary or subordinate division.
3 US & Austral. an area of land divided into plots for sale.
THESAURUS
subdivision
abstraction, adjunct, alienation, analysis, analyzation, anatomizing, anatomy, arrangement, assay, assaying, assembly-line housing, bifidity, bifurcation, billeting, bipartition, bisection, blood, bracket, branch, branching, breakdown, breaking down, breaking up, breakup, by two, caste, cataloging, categorization, category, census, clan, class, classification, codification, component, composition, constituents, content, contents, contingent, cross section, cutting in two, detachment, detail, dichotomy, dimidiation, disarticulation, disassociation, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, dissection, disunion, division, divisions, divorce, divorcement, docimasy, dole, domiciliation, doss, elements, estate, filing, forking, fraction, grade, grading, gravimetric analysis, group, grouping, guts, halving, head, heading, hospitality, housing, housing bill, housing development, housing problem, in half, incoherence, index, indexing, ingredients, innards, insides, installment, inventory, isolation, item, items, kin, label, level, list, living quarters, lodging, lodgment, lower-income housing, luxation, order, parcel, part, particular, parting, partition, parts, percentage, pigeonhole, pigeonholing, placement, portion, position, predicament, proximate analysis, quadrant, quantitative analysis, quarter, quartering, quota, race, ramification, random sample, ranging, rank, ranking, rating, reduction to elements, remainder, removal, resolution, rubric, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, segmentation, semimicroanalysis, separation, separatism, sept, set, share, slum clearance, sorting, station, status, strain, stratification, stratum, subgroup, suborder, subspecies, subtraction, tabulation, taxonomy, title, tract, transient lodging, typology, urban renewal, whole, withdrawal, zoningROGET THESAURUS
subdivision
Disjunction
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.Part
N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.Combatant
N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.
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