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A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.

A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.

pier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9.

or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation. the fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of nationalities and the character of peoples. H. W. Beecher.

natural only in the constitution of its genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand divisions. Gray. -- Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of theological science which treats of those evidences of the existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from re…

ern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it.

More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes. Dunglison.

A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by…

A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.

A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn.

A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [R.] The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman.

which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.

A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.

That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural. I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.