subdivision

1 an area composed of subdivided lots

2 the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided

3 an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress" [syn: branch, arm]

4 a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" [syn: section]

5 a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided [syn: subsection]

English

Etymology

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Noun

1. countable uncountable a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something

   Subdivide the sentence into pieces and understand it a bit at a time.

2. such a piece that has been divided

   Work on one subdivision at a time.

3. a parcel of land has been divided into lots
4. a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area

   They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

Subdivision may refer to:

• Country subdivision
  • Subdivision (land), or Residential subdivision housing subdivision (US & Philippine usage)
  • Census subdivision, a term used in Canada
• Subdivision surface, a term in computer graphics
• Subdivision (railway), a term Canadian (and some American) railways use for main railway lines
• Subdivision (graph theory)
• "Subdivision (film)", starring Gary Sweet
• "Subdivision" (Prison Break episode), the twenty-eighth episode of American television series, Prison Break
• "Subdivisions" (song), by the rock group Rush

See also

• Division (disambiguation)

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