4. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.
5. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. Chaucer. I will put a division between my people and thy people. Ex. viii. 23.
6. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote. The motion passed without a division. Macaulay.
7. (Math.)
Defn: The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
8. (Logic)
Defn: The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
9. (Mil.) (a) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. (b) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. (c) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
10. (Naut.)
Defn: One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.