division

división, departamento

Parte importante de una gran empresa encargada de un tipo concreto de trabajo o producto.

En inglés sencillo: A major part of a large company that handles a particular type of work or product.

• She works in the sales division.
• The company sold its clothing division last year.
• Which division handles customer support?

Cómo se usa: division of something (She manages the European division of the company.)

Sinónimos: department, branch

Expresiones frecuentes: sales division, manufacturing division, company division

división, reparto

Acción de separar un conjunto en partes más pequeñas.

En inglés sencillo: The act of separating a whole thing into smaller parts.

• We agreed on an equal division of the money.
• The division of the land caused several arguments.
• Clear division of labour helped the team finish quickly.

Cómo se usa: division of something into something (The division of the land into small plots took months.); division of something between/among people (They agreed on the division of the money between the two families.)

Sinónimos: separation, splitting

Antónimos: combination

Expresiones frecuentes: division into parts, equal division, division of labour

división

Operación que calcula cuántas veces cabe un número en otro.

En inglés sencillo: A calculation that finds how many times one number fits into another.

• Today we are learning division.
• She solved the problem using long division.
• Division by zero is not allowed in ordinary arithmetic.

Cómo se usa: division by a number (Division by two gives us six.)

Antónimos: multiplication

Expresiones frecuentes: long division, division by ten, division problem

división

Gran grupo de soldados formado por varias unidades militares más pequeñas.

En inglés sencillo: A large group of soldiers made up of several smaller army units.

• The division moved north.
• Two infantry divisions defended the city.
• He commanded a division during the war.

Expresiones frecuentes: infantry division, armoured division, army division

división, sección, parte

Una de las partes en que se divide un conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: One of the parts into which a whole thing is separated.

• The book has three main divisions.
• Each division contains several smaller sections.
• The dance has four divisions with different rhythms.

Cómo se usa: division of something (Each division of the book covers a different historical period.)

Sinónimos: section, part

Expresiones frecuentes: major division, main division, division of something

división, filo

Grupo de seres vivos en la clasificación científica, por debajo del reino y por encima de la clase.

En inglés sencillo: A large scientific group of living things, below a kingdom and above a class.

• These plants belong to the same division.
• Botanists group the species into several divisions.
• A division contains several classes of related organisms.

Sinónimos: phylum

Expresiones frecuentes: plant division, taxonomic division, division of fungi