the process of dividing or being divided
separation, disconnection
Cases of word usage
1) a group of soldiers forming part of an army division (brigade)
2) a division in a system, order or type of group (category)
3) a main (usually numbered) division of a book (chapter)
4) (the direction of) a split or division (cleavage)
5) a division of Great Britain, the largest unit of local government (county)
6) a line or division where something is broken but not into separate parts (crack)
7) a small division of a larger room walled or curtained to make a separate compartment e.g. for (un)dressing in a swimming-pool (cubicle)
8) a division into two (usually opposite) groups or mutually exclusive pairs (dichotomy)
9) a division of animals or plants within a family (genus)
10) a narrow country road; a marked division of a road to guide motorists (lane)