The action of dividing something into parts; the fact of undergoing division; breaking, cleaving, division; (Nautical) the breaking loose of a ship…

The action of dividing or fact of being divided; division, partition; separation. (In quot. 1520, division of opinion, dissension.) Obsolete.

The action of dividing something into parts; the fact or result of being so divided; esp. the division of a country or state into independent parts.

Division into four equal parts or amounts. Also: division in general.

The action of distinguish, v., in various senses.

The fact or condition of being divided.

The action of cutting something. Now rare.

The action of dismember, v.; dismemberment.

transferred and figurative. Division of a whole into parts or sections, so as to destroy its integrity; cutting to pieces, partition (e.g. of a…

The action of dividing, separating, or parting.

In extended use: tendency to separate, or to introduce division, difference, etc.

division, parting asunder.

Similarly with up.

The action of dividing something into pieces; an instance of this.

gen. (nonce-use.) Division, separation.

The action of splitting or dividing into pieces.

an act of splitting up; spec. in the U.S. Stock Exchange: the division of a stock into two or more stocks of the same total value; cf. split-down n.…