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Cell divisionDivision Di*vi"sion, n. [F. division, L. 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 division of the spoil.
--Gibbon.
2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a
distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men. --Addison.
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.) 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) 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.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
11. (Mus.) 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.
12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a
part so distinguished.
13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a
tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities,
equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which
new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell.
In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar
differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see
also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of
the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow
transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle,
followed, on the completion of the division of the
nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two
masses, called the daughter cells.
Long division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mostly written down.
Short division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mentally performed and only the results
written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not
greater than ten or twelve.
Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution;
separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection;
difference; variance; discord; disunion. DivisionDivision Di*vi"sion, n. [F. division, L. 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 division of the spoil.
--Gibbon.
2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a
distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men. --Addison.
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.) 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) 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.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
11. (Mus.) 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.
12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a
part so distinguished.
13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a
tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities,
equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which
new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell.
In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar
differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see
also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of
the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow
transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle,
followed, on the completion of the division of the
nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two
masses, called the daughter cells.
Long division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mostly written down.
Short division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mentally performed and only the results
written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not
greater than ten or twelve.
Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution;
separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection;
difference; variance; discord; disunion. divisionCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. DivisionalDivisional Di*vi"sion*al, a.
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division;
as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional
surgeon of police.
Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between
rock masses. They include joints. Divisional planesDivisional Di*vi"sion*al, a.
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division;
as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional
surgeon of police.
Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between
rock masses. They include joints. Divisionally
Divisionally Di*vi"sion*al*ly, adv.
So as to be divisional.
Divisionary
Divisionary Di*vi"sion*a*ry, a.
Divisional.
Divisionor
Divisionor Di*vi"sion*or, n.
One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] --Sheldon.
Indivision
Indivision In`di*vi"sion, n. [Pref. in- not + division: cf. F.
indivision, LL. indivisio.]
A state of being not divided; oneness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Long division 2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against
the tournament, which is not long. --Spenser.
5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length;
as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is,
extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.' --Burke.
7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short,
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
In the long run, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam (Mya arenaria) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
Long division. (Math.) See Division.
Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home, the grave.
Long measure, Long mater. See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
Long price, the full retail price.
Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior.
Long suit (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally
more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
Long tom.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
Of long, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
To be, or go, long of the market, To be on the long
side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for
a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can
demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated
price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be
short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short.
To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind. Long divisionDivision Di*vi"sion, n. [F. division, L. 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 division of the spoil.
--Gibbon.
2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a
distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men. --Addison.
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.) 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) 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.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
11. (Mus.) 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.
12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a
part so distinguished.
13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a
tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities,
equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which
new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell.
In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar
differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see
also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of
the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow
transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle,
followed, on the completion of the division of the
nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two
masses, called the daughter cells.
Long division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mostly written down.
Short division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mentally performed and only the results
written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not
greater than ten or twelve.
Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution;
separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection;
difference; variance; discord; disunion. Misdivision
Misdivision Mis`di*vi"sion, n.
Wrong division.
Short divisionDivision Di*vi"sion, n. [F. division, L. 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 division of the spoil.
--Gibbon.
2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a
distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men. --Addison.
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.) 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) 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.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
11. (Mus.) 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.
12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a
part so distinguished.
13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a
tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities,
equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which
new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell.
In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar
differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see
also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of
the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow
transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle,
followed, on the completion of the division of the
nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two
masses, called the daughter cells.
Long division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mostly written down.
Short division (Math.), the process of division when the
operations are mentally performed and only the results
written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not
greater than ten or twelve.
Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution;
separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection;
difference; variance; discord; disunion. Subdivision
Subdivision Sub`di*vi"sion, n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F.
subdivision.]
1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller
parts.
2. A part of a thing made by subdividing.
In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit,
as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the
shorter cubit. --Arbuthnot.
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