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Division vs Exclusion - What's the difference?

division | exclusion |

As nouns the difference between division and exclusion

is that division is division while exclusion is exclusion.

division

English

(wikipedia division)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
  • Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
  • (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
  • (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.
    • I've got ten divisions to do for my homework.
  • (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
  • A section of a large company.
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio ) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants]] or [[fungus, fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank
    • Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
  • A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
  • (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
  • (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
  • (legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
  • (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
  • (UK, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    • Derived terms

    * divisional * division of labour * data division * environment division * identification division * procedure division * (military) square division * (military) triangular division

    Related terms

    * divide * dividend * divisive * divisor * divisible * divisibility * *

    Synonyms

    * split, lith

    Antonyms

    * (making of one thing into two or more things) combination, fusion, merger, unification * multiplication

    See also

    * separation * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * denominator * fraction * numerator ----

    exclusion

    English

    Noun

  • The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=It was also a satisfying night for England coach Capello. Not only did he have a vital victory to celebrate, but his team selection was fully justified as Cahill gave an almost flawless performance in defence and Scott Parker's display made light of the surprising exclusion of Frank Lampard.}}
  • (obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.6:
    • For the exclusion of animals is not merely passive like that of eggs, nor the total action of delivery to be imputed unto the mother, but the first attempt beginneth from the infant [...].
  • An item not covered by an insurance policy.

    • Antonyms

    * inclusion

    Derived terms

    * exclusion chromatography * exclusion zone * Pauli exclusion principle

    Related terms

    * exclude * exclusive