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forces. Same as Resolution of forces, under Resolution. -- Decomposition of light, the division of light into the prismatic colors.

A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

lurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer. Delthyris limestone (Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.

A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township. Jowett (Thucyd).

The number ten; a division into ten.

A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

pression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.

The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.

A part, portion, or subdivision.

Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.

Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.

A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.

The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ).

The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa.