plural of cross-division

The division of any group into divisions that cut across each other and produce confusion.

(algebra) A linear algebra such that its non-zero vectors form a multiplicative group.

plural of Euclidean division

(arithmetic) The process of dividing one integer by another to yield a quotient and a remainder smaller than the divisor.

(historical, WWII) A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves of young Jewish women.

(mathematics, economics, game theory) the problem of dividing a set of resources among several people who have an entitlement to them, such that each person receives their due share

(Commonwealth of Nations) A bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division (vote) to members of the relevant chamber so that they may take part.

(mathematics) A simple method of finding the divisors of an integer, or establishing if the integer is prime, by selecting a set of smaller integers and seeing if there is a zero remainder upon division by each one

(Canada, Philippines, Virginia, historically Ceylon) An administrative unit responsible for public primary and secondary schools in a particular locality; the area under the jurisdiction of such an administrative unit.