Division

Division may refer to:

Mathematics

 * Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication
 * Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division

Military

 * Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 to 25,000 troops
 * Divizion, a subunit in some militaries
 * Division (naval), a collection of warships

Science

 * Cell division, the process in which biological cells multiply
 * Continental divide, the geographical term for separation between watersheds
 * Division (biology), used differently in botany and zoology
 * Division (botany), a taxonomic rank for plants or fungi, equivalent to phylum in zoology
 * Division (horticulture), a method of vegetative plant propagation, or the plants created by using this method
 * Division, a medical/surgical operation involving cutting and separation, see ICD-10 Procedure Coding System

Technology

 * Beam compass, a compass with a beam and sliding sockets for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses

Society

 * Administrative division, territory into which a country is divided
 * Census division, an official term in Canada and the United States
 * Diairesis, Plato's method of definition by division
 * Division (business), of a business entity is a distinct part of that business but the primary business is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the division
 * Division (political geography), a name for a subsidiary state or prefecture of a country
 * Division (sport), a group of teams in organised sport who compete for a divisional title
 * In parliamentary procedure:
 * Division of the assembly, a type of formally recorded vote by assembly members
 * Division of a question, to split a question into two or more questions
 * Partition (politics), the process of changing national borders or separating political entities
 * Police division, a large territorial unit of the British police

Places

 * Division Street (Spokane, Washington), a main north-south arterial street in Spokane, Washington
 * Division station (CTA Blue Line), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Blue Line
 * Division station (CTA North Side Main Line), formerly a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's North Side Main Line
 * Division station (CTA Logan Square branch), formerly a station on the Logan Square branch of the Chicago "L"
 * Division Mountain, on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada
 * Division Range, Humboldt County, Nevada

Music

 * Division (10 Years album), 2008
 * Division (The Gazette album), 2012
 * Divisions (album), by Starset, 2019
 * Division (music), a type of ornamentation or variation found in early music
 * "Division", a song by Aly & AJ from Insomniatic, 2007

Other uses

 * Division of the field, a concept in heraldry
 * Division (logical fallacy), when one reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts
 * Tom Clancy's The Division, a multiplayer video game by Ubisoft and Red Storm Entertainment
 * The Division (TV series), a police procedural