subdivision : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subdivision	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subdivision n an area composed of subdivided lots the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided 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" Synonym(s): branch, subdivision, arm 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" Synonym(s): section, subdivision a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided Synonym(s): subsection, subdivision
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subdivision \Sub`divi"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.