'Subdivision' definitions:
Definition of 'subdivision'
From: WordNet
noun
An area composed of subdivided lots
noun
The act of subdividing; division of something previously divided
noun
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" [syn: branch, subdivision, arm]
noun
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" [syn: section, subdivision]
noun
A section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided [syn: subsection, subdivision]
Definition of 'Subdivision'
From: GCIDE
- Subdivision \Sub`di*vi"sion\, n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision.]
- 1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subdivision'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- zoning
Words containing 'Subdivision'
- Subdivisible,
- subdivision ascomycota,
- subdivision ascomycotina,
- subdivision basidiomycota,
- subdivision basidiomycotina,
- subdivision coniferophytina,
- subdivision cycadophyta,
- subdivision cycadophytina,
- subdivision deuteromycota,
- subdivision deuteromycotina,
- subdivision ginkgophyta,
- subdivision ginkgophytina,
- subdivision gnetophytina,
- subdivision mastigomycota,
- subdivision mastigomycotina,
- subdivision pinophytina,
- subdivision pteropsida,
- subdivision taxophytina,
- subdivision zygomycota,
- subdivision zygomycotina,
- Los Angeles Subdivision,
- Los Angeles Subdivision, TX