Subdivision
noun
A part of something that is divided into smaller parts.
The book is divided into several subdivisions, each dedicated to a specific topic.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of items
- subdivision of chapters
noun
A division of a large property or area into smaller ones, usually for developing them into residential areas.
Our new house is located in a peaceful subdivision with lots of green areas.
Often appears as...
- residential subdivision
- subdivision development
noun
A process in biology of dividing cells into smaller cells.
Cell subdivision occurs rapidly during the initial stages of an organism's life.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of cells
- rapid subdivision
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Technical
noun
A smaller division within a military unit.
A subdivision of the infantry was sent to assist with the rescue mission.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of infantry
- army subdivision
noun
A part of something that is divided into smaller parts.
The book is divided into several subdivisions, each dedicated to a specific topic.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of items
- subdivision of chapters
noun
A division of a large property or area into smaller ones, usually for developing them into residential areas.
Our new house is located in a peaceful subdivision with lots of green areas.
Often appears as...
- residential subdivision
- subdivision development
noun
A process in biology of dividing cells into smaller cells.
Cell subdivision occurs rapidly during the initial stages of an organism's life.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of cells
- rapid subdivision
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A smaller division within a military unit.
A subdivision of the infantry was sent to assist with the rescue mission.
Often appears as...
- subdivision of infantry
- army subdivision
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Pro Tip 1/2Conceptual Divisions
Subdivision can imply orderly segments within a complex structure or content.
The textbook's subdivision on ancient history is remarkably detailed.
Pro Tip 2/2Hierarchy of Parts
Smaller subdivisions often fit into a larger, overarching category.
Each subdivision of the curriculum corresponds to a specific academic department.
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John Maeda: How art,...
at the top. The CEO's at the center of the organization. There may be different subdivisions in the organization, and you might want to look into different areas. For instance, green are areas doing well, red are areas doing poorly. You know, how do you, as the leader, scan, connect, make things happen? So for instance, you might open up
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Scott McCloud:...
and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness. These are four very different ways of looking at the world. I even gave them the classicist, the animist, the formalist and iconoclast. Interestingly, they seem to correspond more or less to Jung's four subdivisions of human thought.
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4 ways to make a city...
Look very carefully at the width of the streets. This is a subdivision from the 1980s. 1960s, 1980s. The standards have changed to such a degree that my old neighborhood of South Beach, when it was time to fix the street that wasn't draining properly, they had to widen it and take away half our sidewalk,
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Pixar: The math behind...
And that's how we create the shapes of our charcters. But remember, I said a moment ago it's not enough just to know the static shape, the fixed shape. We need to animate it. And to animate these curves, the cool thing about subdivision. Did you see the aliens in Toy Story?
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Creative houses from...
is fulfilling your expectations of how I should live my life I feel that expectation and so I accommodate it and I'm living my life according to what you expect me to do that happens in the building industry as well that's why all of our subdivisions look the same
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Dan Phillips: Creative...
of how I should live my life. I feel that expectation, and so I accommodate it, and I'm living my life according to what you expect me to do. That happens in the building industry as well. That's why all subdivisions look the same.
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The unexpected math...
The more primitive part of our visual cortex, which sees light contrast and motion, but not color, will blend two differently colored areas together if they have the same luminance. But our brains' primate subdivision
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Saving the Florida...
them my dad saw the change he saw that people were going to move here we couldn't stop them he always said you know people don't come here to see a subdivision they come here to see our scenic landscape
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Capturing Urban Bambi PIPE...
let's go through this subdivision and see we find anything okay normal place you'd find them yeah the many of the deer are organized so they tend to sort of hang out in people's yard health
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7 principles for...
And one was sprawl. It's just more of the shopping malls, subdivisions, office parks. The other one was dominated by, not everybody moving to the city, but just compact development,
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John Maeda: How art,...
at the top. The CEO's at the center of the organization. There may be different subdivisions in the organization, and you might want to look into different areas. For instance, green are areas doing well, red are areas doing poorly. You know, how do you, as the leader, scan, connect, make things happen? So for instance, you might open up
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Scott McCloud:...
and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness. These are four very different ways of looking at the world. I even gave them the classicist, the animist, the formalist and iconoclast. Interestingly, they seem to correspond more or less to Jung's four subdivisions of human thought.
Video examples
4 ways to make a city...
Look very carefully at the width of the streets. This is a subdivision from the 1980s. 1960s, 1980s. The standards have changed to such a degree that my old neighborhood of South Beach, when it was time to fix the street that wasn't draining properly, they had to widen it and take away half our sidewalk,
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Pixar: The math behind...
And that's how we create the shapes of our charcters. But remember, I said a moment ago it's not enough just to know the static shape, the fixed shape. We need to animate it. And to animate these curves, the cool thing about subdivision. Did you see the aliens in Toy Story?
Video examples
Creative houses from...
is fulfilling your expectations of how I should live my life I feel that expectation and so I accommodate it and I'm living my life according to what you expect me to do that happens in the building industry as well that's why all of our subdivisions look the same
Video examples
Dan Phillips: Creative...
of how I should live my life. I feel that expectation, and so I accommodate it, and I'm living my life according to what you expect me to do. That happens in the building industry as well. That's why all subdivisions look the same.
Video examples
The unexpected math...
The more primitive part of our visual cortex, which sees light contrast and motion, but not color, will blend two differently colored areas together if they have the same luminance. But our brains' primate subdivision
Video examples
Saving the Florida...
them my dad saw the change he saw that people were going to move here we couldn't stop them he always said you know people don't come here to see a subdivision they come here to see our scenic landscape
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Capturing Urban Bambi PIPE...
let's go through this subdivision and see we find anything okay normal place you'd find them yeah the many of the deer are organized so they tend to sort of hang out in people's yard health
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7 principles for...
And one was sprawl. It's just more of the shopping malls, subdivisions, office parks. The other one was dominated by, not everybody moving to the city, but just compact development,
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Now, we used to think the brain was like a computer. But now, we realize that's not true. There's no programming of the brain. There's no Windows. And we think the brain is more like a large corporation. Because think of the unconscious mind. In a corporation, you have subdivisions which operate independently of the main office.
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Paul Rudd
American Actor
I used to live next door to a farm, so every day for awhile, I used to walk over and fed the cows, when I was in school. This was weird because I lived in sort of a subdivision, but this one holdout in our neighborhood in Kansas still had a farm.
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Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even exist. And even though I'm pierced myself, I'm sick of everyone equating body piercing with musical courage. If you ask me, it takes a lot more than that.
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Russell Pearce
American Politician
If our government has a policy, any political subdivision, that limits or restricts the enforcement of our immigration laws, we will sue them! And that suit will be $5,000 a day every day until that policy is changed! This law will be enforced.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.
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Ed McMahon
American Entertainer
It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
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James Madison
American President
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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Caleb Cushing
American Diplomat
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.
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Wayne Rogers
American Actor
We own a shopping center in Temecula that is occupied and making money. In Florida, I am doing a 500-home subdivision just north of Eglin Air Force Base.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Now, we used to think the brain was like a computer. But now, we realize that's not true. There's no programming of the brain. There's no Windows. And we think the brain is more like a large corporation. Because think of the unconscious mind. In a corporation, you have subdivisions which operate independently of the main office.
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Paul Rudd
American Actor
I used to live next door to a farm, so every day for awhile, I used to walk over and fed the cows, when I was in school. This was weird because I lived in sort of a subdivision, but this one holdout in our neighborhood in Kansas still had a farm.
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Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even exist. And even though I'm pierced myself, I'm sick of everyone equating body piercing with musical courage. If you ask me, it takes a lot more than that.
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Russell Pearce
American Politician
If our government has a policy, any political subdivision, that limits or restricts the enforcement of our immigration laws, we will sue them! And that suit will be $5,000 a day every day until that policy is changed! This law will be enforced.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.
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Ed McMahon
American Entertainer
It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
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James Madison
American President
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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Caleb Cushing
American Diplomat
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.
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Wayne Rogers
American Actor
We own a shopping center in Temecula that is occupied and making money. In Florida, I am doing a 500-home subdivision just north of Eglin Air Force Base.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.
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