Other forms: subdivisions
A subdivision is a part that a larger division is split into. A subdivision of the department.
In America it also means a housing estate laid out on divided land. Every subdivision adds a boundary, which is where most administrative problems begin.
1nounsubdivisionA part that a larger division is split into.
“The subdivision had nine people and three managers.”
subdivision is a part.
Proto-Indo-European
*dwóh₁
Latin
divisio
Old French
division
Middle English
divisioun
English
division
English, today
subdivision
Built from
From sub- + division. division comes from Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). a doublet of divisio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA