subdivision has definitions from the fields of music,fine art,writing,geography
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[ noun ] (geography) an area composed of subdivided lots

Used in print

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

The major contributor was a shopping_center with houses being added to the system as the subdivision developed .

The BOD of the raw sewage was typical of domestic sewage from a subdivision .

Related terms

tract

2
[ noun ] the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

Related terms

division subdivide

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[ noun ] the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

Land within commuting distance of a growing city is usually high in price , higher if it has subdivision possibilities .

The possibilities of selling the property later_on for suburban subdivision .

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[ noun ] an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization

Synonyms

branch arm

Examples

"a branch of Congress"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

There 's Gaetan_d'Amours who is our newest Mr._Canada ; Jean-Paul_Senesac , whose story appeared here two issues ago ; Jack_Boissoneault , who was with us last month ; Charles_Harve , who recently won the `` Most Muscular Man '' subdivision award in the Mr._Canada event ; and a host of others .

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[ noun ] (music,fine art,writing) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

Synonyms

section

Examples

"he always turns first to the business section" "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

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[ noun ] a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

Synonyms

subsection

Related terms

section

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