different between division vs zonal

English

Etymology

From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin d?v?si?, d?v?si?nem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle d?v?sus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”). Doublet of divisio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??v???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

division (countable and uncountable, plural divisions)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.

   Synonyms: split, lith

   Antonyms: combination, fusion, merger, unification
2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
3. (arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.

   Antonym: multiplication

4. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process.

5. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.

   Hyponyms: square division, triangular division

6. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate.
7. (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.

8. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
9. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.

10. (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. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
12. (law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
13. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code.

    Hyponyms: identification division, environment division, data division, procedure division

14. (Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class.

    Synonym: (informal) div

Synonyms

• (taxonomy): divisio, phylum

Derived terms

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Translations

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

Further reading

• division on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

division c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “division” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zj??/

Noun

division f (plural divisions)

1. division (act or process of dividing)
2. (arithmetic) division
3. (military) division
4. division (subsection)

Related terms

• diviser

Further reading

• “division” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

division

1. Alternative form of divisioun

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from d?vid? (“divide”)

Noun

division c

1. division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company
2. (sports) division, league; an organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others

Declension

English

Etymology

First attested 1865–70, from zone +? -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: z?n'?l, IPA^(key): /?z??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??n?l

Adjective

zonal (comparative more zonal, superlative most zonal)

1. Divided into zones.
2. Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
3. (of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)

   Antonym: meridional

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References

• “zonal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “zonal” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "zonal" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• Glossary of Terms: Z, PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny, 2006.

Anagrams

• azlon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?.nal/
• Homophones: zonale, zonales

Adjective

zonal (feminine singular zonale, masculine plural zonaux, feminine plural zonales)

1. zonal

   Synonym: zonier

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?so?na?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

zonal (not comparable)

1. zonal

Declension

Further reading

• “zonal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Adjective

zonal m or f (plural zonais, comparable)

1. zonal (pertaining or relating to zones)
2. (historical) having transversal colorful strips

Related terms

References

• Dicionário Priberam

Romanian

Etymology

From French zonal

Adjective

zonal m or n (feminine singular zonal?, masculine plural zonali, feminine and neuter plural zonale)

1. zonal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?o?nal/, [?o?nal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /so?nal/, [so?nal]

Adjective

zonal (plural zonales)

1. zonal