n.

1. 分開，分割[U][（+into）]
   The compilers agreed upon a division of the textbook into twelve units.

   編輯者都同意把教科書分成十二個單元。

2. 分配，分派[U][（+between/among）]
   The thieves quarrelled about the division of their stolen goods.

   這些賊為分偷來的物品而爭吵。

3. （意見等的）不一致，分裂[U][C][（+between/among）]
   Division of opinion among themselves contributed to their defeat.

   他們之間的意見分歧促使了他們的失敗。

4. 區域[C]
5. 部分；（機關，公司等的）部門，處，課[C]
6. 【軍】師[C][G]
7. 間隔物；分界線[C][（+between）]
   They put up a division between dining room and the kitchen.

   他們在飯廳和廚房之間裝了一道隔板。

8. 【數】除（法）[U]
   The boy has learnt to do division.

   這個小男孩已學會做除法。

9. 部分，片段[C]

n.

1. the action or process of dividing or being divided.
   ▸the separation of members of a legislative body into groups to vote for or against a bill.
2. each of the parts into which something is divided.
   ▸a major section of an organization.
   ▸a number of teams or competitors grouped together in a sport for competitive purposes.
   ▸Botany  a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to the phylum in zoology.
   ▸Zoology  any subsidiary category between major levels of classification.
3. a difference or disagreement between groups within a society, organization, etc.:
   a country with ethnic divisions.
4. the process of dividing one number by another.
   ▸Mathematics  the process of dividing a matrix, vector, or other quantity by another under specific rules to obtain a quotient.
5. a partition.