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[music] Division in music refers to a type of ornamentation or variation common in 16th and 17th century music in which each note of a melodic line is "divided" into several shorter, faster-moving notes, often by a rhythmic repetition of a simple musical device such as the trill, turn or cam...
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[business] A division 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. A division is different from a subsidiary, in that a subsidiary is a separate legal entity owned by the primary...
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[horticulture] Division, in horticulture and gardening, is a method of asexual plant propagation, where the plant (usually an herbaceous perennial) is broken up into two or more parts. Both the root and crown of each part is kept intact. The technique is of ancient origin, and has long been ...
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[digital] ==Integer division (unsigned) with remainder== The following algorithm will divide N by D, placing the quotient in Q and the remainder in R. All values are treated as unsigned integers.{citation needed|reason=See Talk:Division (digital)#Integer division (unsigned) with remainder|da...
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[organisation] The result of the debate was delete. --Celestianpower háblame 21:29, 24 October 2005 (UTC) ===Gary Candor=== Lengthy article on a character from a possibly non-existent political thriller called The Interim, which (as noted in the deletion nomination for the book), does not s...
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In music a division is 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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[country subdivision] A division is a type of administrative division of some Asian and African countries. Some have been dissolved or been renamed. == Administrative divisions == ==England== Some of the hundreds and wapentakes in England (both historic subdivisions of historic counties) wer...
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[sport] In sports, a division is a group of teams who compete against each other for a championship. ==League system== In sports using a league system (also known as a pyramid structure), a division consists a group of teams who play a sport at a similar competitive level. Teams can move up ...
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a method of propagation by separating and planting segments capable of growing roots and shoots.
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A method of propagating plants by separating each one into two or more sections and then repotting (i.e. perennials are easily propagated this way.)
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[Noun] When a number is broken up into equal parts.
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A way of multiplying a plant by cutting or pulling a large clump into smaller portions.
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[n] - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category 2. [n] - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum 3. [n] - an administrative unit in government or business 4. [n] - a unit of the United States air force usually comprising two or m...
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A basic army formation made up of between 12,000 and 18,000 men
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Teasing, pulling or cutting apart clumps of herbaceous perennials and suckering shrubs in order to produce more plants
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Symbol : or /The binary operation of finding the quotient of two quantities. Division is the inverse operation to multiplication. In arithmetic, the division of two numbers is not commutative, i.e. , nor associative, i.e. . The identity element for division is 1 only when it is on the right hand si...
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Military formation consisting of two or more brigades. A major general at divisional headquarters commands the brigades and also additional artillery, engineers, attack helicopters, and other...
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An Army Division would traditionally be made up of 3 or 4 Brigades depending on the specific role it is to undertake and is configured in a similar fashion to a Brigade but on a larger scale. 1 (UK) Division and 3 (UK) Division are fighting Divisions whereas 2, 4 and 5 Division are responsible for a...
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Large military formation of about 4000 to 6000 men, containing 2 or 3 brigades and commanded by a lieutenant general.
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military unit of about 15-20,000 men
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in plant taxonomy, the second highest level of classification beneath kingdom. The equivalent to phylum in animal classification
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Di·vi'sion noun [ French division , Latin divisio , from dividere . See Divide .] 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. « I was overlooked in the
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1. The act of dividing. ... 2. <zoology> A rank that if treated as a division of a genus or subgenus is deemed to be of subgeneric rank for the purposes of nomenclature. ... 3. A taxon at the rank of division. The second highest taxonomic classification for the kingdoms Plantae (plants) and Fu...
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variance noun discord that splits a group
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