SUBDIVISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subdivision mean? 

• SUBDIVISION (noun)
  The noun SUBDIVISION has 5 senses:

1. an area composed of subdivided lots

2. the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

3. a division of some larger or more complex organization

4. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

5. a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

  Familiarity information: SUBDIVISION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBDIVISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area composed of subdivided lots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("subdivision" is a kind of...):

parcel; parcel of land; piece of ground; piece of land; tract (an extended area of land)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subdivision" is a kind of...):

division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)

Derivation:

subdivide (divide into smaller and smaller pieces)

subdivide (form into subdivisions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A division of some larger or more complex organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

arm; branch; subdivision

Context example:

the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages

Hypernyms ("subdivision" is a kind of...):

division (an administrative unit in government or business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subdivision"):

local post office; post office (a local branch where postal services are available)

executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)

legislative branch (the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating)

judicial branch (the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

section; subdivision

Context example:

the history of this work is discussed in the next section

Hypernyms ("subdivision" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subdivision"):

canto (a major division of a long poem)

development ((music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated)

recapitulation ((music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated)

obbligato; obligato (a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission)

exposition ((music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur)

sura (one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran)

mezuza; mezuzah (religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law)

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

narration ((rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth)

introduction (the first section of a communication)

insert (a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication)

spot (a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising)

spot (a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance)

episode (a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series)

chapter (a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled)

book (a major division of a long written composition)

article; clause (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))

sports section (the section of a newspaper that reports on sports)

above (an earlier section of a written text)

lead; lead-in; lede (the introductory section of a story)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

subdivision; subsection

Hypernyms ("subdivision" is a kind of...):

section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)

 Context examples 

The lateral portion of the erector spinae muscle in the back with three subdivisions: the iliocostalis cervicis, the iliocostalis lumborum and the iliocostalis thoracis.

(Iliocostal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A small lobe or a subdivision of a lobe.

(Lobule, NCI Dictionary)

A two letter coded value specifying the first major-level subdivision of the organization that supports a grant, contract, or inter-agency agreement.

(Government Funding NIH Institute Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A subdivision of pharmacokinetic concentration data.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Subcategory, NCI Thesaurus)

One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas.

(Paragraph, NCI Thesaurus)

The bottom most subdivision of either the right or left lung.

(Lower Lobe of the Lung, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the subdivisions of the lung, 2 in the left lung and 3 in the right lung.

(Lung Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)

A two letter coded value specifying the first major-level subdivision of the National Insitute's of Health.

(NIH Institute Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Subdivisions of the skin surround various body parts; as a whole, the skin constitutes the external surface of the body.

(Murine Skin, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

A subdivision of microbiology susceptibility data.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Subcategory, NCI Thesaurus)