Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
2) n. - That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
3) n. - The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
4) n. - Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
5) n. - Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
6) n. - Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
7) n. - 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) n. - The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
9) n. - Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
10) n. - Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
11) n. - One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
12) n. - One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
13) n. - 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.
14) n. - The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
15) n. - A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.