What's the difference between division and total?

Division


Definition:

  • (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.

Total


Definition:

  • (a.) Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
  • (n.) The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By electrophoresis and scanning densitometry, actin was found to constitute about 4% to 6% of the total cellular protein in the human corneal epithelium.
  • (2) Serum samples from 23 families, including a total of 48 affected children, were tested for a set of "classical markers."
  • (3) When perfusion of the affected lung was less than one-third of the total the tumour was found to be unresectable.
  • (4) A total of 13 ascertainments of folate sensitive autosomal fragile sites is observed, of which 10q23 fragility appears to be the most frequent.
  • (5) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
  • (6) A total of 104 evaluable patients 20-90 years old treated by direct vision internal urethrotomy a.m. Sachse for urethral strictures reported retrospectively via a questionnaire their sexual potency before and after internal urethrotomy.
  • (7) A total of 555 caries lesions were registered on proximal surfaces, 49.1% being primary lesions in the enamel, 21.4% primary lesions into the dentin and 29.5% secondary lesions.
  • (8) We maximize an objective function that includes both total production rate and product concentration.
  • (9) We have developed a new procedure for the rapid preparation of undegraded total RNA from cultured cells for specific quantitation by dot blotting analysis.
  • (10) Road traffic accidents (RTAs) comprised 40% and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) 13% of the total.
  • (11) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
  • (12) All the twins were born in years 1973-1987, the total number was 2,226 boys and 2,302 girls.
  • (13) A total of five men appeared at a Moscow courtroom on Sunday.
  • (14) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
  • (15) Three overlapping clones, spanning a total of 19 kb of the human SC gene, including 3 kb of the 5' flanking region, were characterized.
  • (16) Pituitary weight, mitotic index and chromosomes were studied in male rats following a single or repeated dose of estradiol-benzoate for a total period of 210 days.
  • (17) Only the approximately 2.7 kb mRNA species was visualized in Northern blots of total cellular and poly(A+) RNA isolated from cardiac ventricular muscle.
  • (18) In the present study, respirometric quotients, the ratio of oral air volume expended to total volume expended, were obtained using separate but simultaneous productions of oral and nasal airflow.
  • (19) The Nazi extermination of Jews in Lithuania (aided enthusiastically by local Lithuanians) was virtually total.
  • (20) Total cholesterol levels are elevated, particularly in hypopituitary women.