Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or serving for division; noting or making division: as, a divisional line. Also
divisionary . - Belonging to a division, as of an army, or to a district constituting a division for any purpose; having to do with a division: as, a divisional general (that is, a general of division in the French service); a divisional surgeon of police.
- Fractional.
- noun An aliquot part; a sub-multiple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division
- adjective (Geol.) planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
division - adjective Of or pertaining to the process of division
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a military division
- adjective constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit
- adjective serving to divide or marking a division
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Examples
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They're 1-0 in divisional play, leaving them in sole possession of first place in the NFC East.
Giants Take a Major Step Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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Last season: 10-6, won NFC South, beat Eagles in divisional playoffs and lost to Bears in NFC Championship Game
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Last season: 13-3, won AFC North, lost to Indianapolis in divisional round
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The Hurricanes fell to 4-5 in divisional play and 7-1-3 against everybody else.
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Sun Belt: In transcontinental play, Florida International and Denver were chosen to win divisional conference titles in 2003.
USATODAY.com - Around the South: SEC, ACC return riding upswings 2002
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And although this year’s team is 2-0 so far in divisional play, it is true that in recent years the Skins have lost far more divisional games than they have won.
If the NFL had realigned differently... Box Seats blogger 2010
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The second weekend of the NFL playoffs, known as the divisional round, is the weekend that true, hotblooded football fans fantasize about all year.
Breaking Down the NFL's Best Weekend Reed Albergotti 2012
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Snor Vermeulen and Lionel Snyman of Vlakplaas, Nieuwoudt and a third man who "appeared to be a senior officer" and who Nieuwoudt later identified as divisional commander Brigadier Fanie Gilbert.
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"My son called his divisional head for IT, who said we would be paid on August 10."
IOL: News 2010
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The Jets are facing what is known as a divisional-sandwich game, hosting an NFC West team after beating AFC East rival Buffalo and before visiting New England four days after this game.
Latest News 2008
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