division

division /di·vi·sion/ (di-vizh´un)

1. the act of separating into parts.

2. a section or part of a larger structure.

3. in the taxonomy of plants and fungi, a level of classification equivalent to the phylum of the animal kingdom.

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cell division  fission of a cell.

direct cell division  see amitosis.

indirect cell division  see meiosis and mitosis.

maturation division  meiosis.

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di·vi·sion (d-vzhn)

n.

1. The act or process of dividing.

2. Cell division.

3. The operation of determining how many times one quantity is contained in another; the inverse of multiplication.

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division

the act of separating into parts.

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cell division

fission of a cell, the process by which cells reproduce.