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A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.

A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.

A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22. Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also decad.] During this notable decade of years. Gladstone.

A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

f 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.

Silurian 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.

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