The difference between Division and Multiplication

When used as nouns, division means the act or process of dividing anything, whereas multiplication means the process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.


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  1. Division as a noun (uncountable):

    The act or process of dividing anything.

  2. Division as a noun:

    Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.

  3. Division as a noun (arithmetic, uncountable):

    The process of dividing a number by another.

  4. Division as a noun (arithmetic):

    A calculation that involves this process.

    Examples:

    "I've got ten divisions to do for my homework."

  5. Division as a noun (military):

    A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

  6. Division as a noun:

    A section of a large company.

  7. Division as a noun (taxonomy):

    A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

    Examples:

    "Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta."

  8. Division as a noun:

    A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.

  9. Division as a noun (government):

    A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

    Examples:

    "The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords."

  10. Division as a noun (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.

  11. Division as a noun (music):

    A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.

  12. Division as a noun (legal):

    A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.

  13. Division as a noun (computing):

    Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code

  14. Division as a noun (UK, Eton College):

    A lesson; a class.

  1. Multiplication as a noun (uncountable, arithmetic):

    The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.

  2. Multiplication as a noun (countable, arithmetic):

    A calculation involving multiplication.

  3. Multiplication as a noun:

    The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.

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