(n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
(n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
(n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
(n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
(n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
(n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
(n.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
(n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
(n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
(n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
(n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
(n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
(n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
(n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
(n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we report that sperm from psr males fertilizes eggs, but that the paternal chromosomes are subsequently condensed into a chromatin mass before the first mitotic division of the egg and do not participate in further divisions.
(2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
(3) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(4) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(5) Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylation by MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.
(6) Whereas the growth and division of normal cells is carefully regulated to meet the needs of the body, tumor cells proliferate autonomously and continually, eventually interfering with and destroying the functions of normal tissue.
(7) Tuberclebacilli did not stimulate macrophage division.
(8) But on June 29, 2011, Lois G Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt organizations, learned at a meeting that groups were being targeted, according to the watchdog's report.
(9) Cause-specific mortality comparisons were also made among the employment subgroups and by duration of employment in the company division using an internal analysis method.
(10) Postoperative examination revealed division of accessory pathway and no regurgitation of mitral prosthesis.
(11) The Disability Division of ActionAid-India supports 38 non-governmental organisations involved in disability programmes in India.
(12) This column is located ventral and lateral to the dorsolateral division of the trigeminal motor nucleus, and just medial to the descending trigeminal nerve rootlets.
(13) The retail and wholesale divisions powered the improved profits.
(14) From these results we concluded that the mutants have some defect in cell division after low doses of UV irradiation, similar to the lon(-) or fil(+) mutant of E. coli.
(15) The cellular groups of the medial zone together with the tuberomammillary nucleus groups of the medial zone together with the tuberomammillary nucleus (TUMM) are positioned at the interface between the lateral and the medial hypothalamus, and form an array of cellular groups indicated in our study as the intermediate division of the hypothalamus.
(16) In the meantime, the proliferation of salmonellae appeared to occur extracellularly in the peritoneal cavity as evidenced by their division.
(17) Hybrids obtained following fusion of normal human diploid fibroblasts with different immortal human cell lines exhibited limited division potential.
(18) An expanded version of this paper, containing full experimental details of the semisynthesis and characterization of [GlyA1-3H]insulin, has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50129 (30 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem.
(19) Anti-IgM antibodies also induced DNA synthesis of PBL-B, but their ability to induce cell division was less than that of anti-IgD antibodies even when used in combination with IL-4.
(20) The Tea Party movement has turned climate denial into a litmus test of conservative credentials – and that has made climate change one of the most sharp divisions between Obama and Romney.
Subdivision
Definition:
(n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
(n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other fusiform cells of the cPVN are oriented in a rostral-caudal plane and are situated more medially in this subdivision.
(2) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(3) No substance P binding sites were present in the central region of the parvocellular subdivision or the solitary tract.
(4) This histochemical difference corresponded to more subtle differences in Nissl and myelin staining patterns, and suggests further structural subdivisions of potential functional significance.
(5) The purpose of the present study was to develop methods for routine identification of the non-compacta subdivisions in the macaque monkey.
(6) They were found predominantly in the first subdivision of the neck segment, which suggests that propulsion of the glomerular filtrate is a primary function of this part of the renal tubule.
(7) We demonstrate how FST increases with the degree of subdivision among populations.
(8) Ducts of the lateral prostate (LP), a ventrolateral subdivision of the DLP, initiated branching morphogenesis between 1 to 5 days after birth.
(9) Tests of homogeneity of means, variances and correlations for systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic BP and weight among subdivisions of a smple of adoptive families are presented.
(10) Large granular T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (LGTLD) is a heterogeneous disorder covering a broad spectrum of diseases and requiring further subdivision.
(11) The numerical difference was especially prominent in comparing the abducens nucleus with one of the vertical recti subdivisions.
(12) A chronological subdivision of the swallowing act is needed for a step-by-step analysis.
(13) Of the cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of S1, area 2 projects most heavily upon area 5 and area 3b the least, and there is a reversal in the antero-posterior dimension with more posterior parts of S1 projecting to more anterior parts of area 5.
(14) Experiments using the methods of anterograde and retrograde axonal transport and anterograde degeneration show that each subdivision has a unique pattern of connections with the midbrain.
(15) While the functional significance of the seams remains unknown and their specific composition clearly requires further study, it is likely that they represent important functional (e.g., viscoelastic) or biological (e.g., nutritional) subdivisions of ligament substance.
(16) Except for the external and posterior subdivisions, the NOA is relatively homogeneous and, in spite of the apparent lack of sublamination in Niss-stained material, four clearly defined cellular laminae were distinguished by the Golgi method.
(17) In contrast, no dendrite of a motoneuron in the medial subdivision entered the intermediate subdivision and vice versa.
(18) A rostro-lateral subdivision contains smaller, more lightly stained neurons which tend to form clusters.
(19) This supports the notion that these subdivisions form an anatomically, physiologically, and now molecularly distinct pathway known as the M-stream.
(20) Boundaries of various subdivisions, based on cytoarchitectonic criteria, were included in the model.