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# subdivision

noun (a subdivision, subdivisions)

«subdivision» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#m1)
2. Subdivision is the act of dividing something into smaller parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#m2)
3. (US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A subdivision is an area of land divided into plots where new houses are built, a housing estate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#m3)

### In the lessons

Maths: on a ruler, centimetres are subdivided into millimetres; scales and number lines have subdivisions, so you count each small mark carefully. Geography: a county or district is a subdivision of a country or state. Everyday life (North America, Australia, NZ): «They live in a new subdivision».

### Examples

- Each centimetre has ten subdivisions called millimetres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x1)
- A county is a subdivision of a country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x2)
- They bought a house in a new subdivision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x3)
- Count the subdivisions between 0 and 1 on the scale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x4)
- The farm was sold for subdivision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x5)
- Chapters have subdivisions called sections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: subdivide. Maths tip: if there are 5 spaces (subdivisions) between 0 and 10, each space is worth 2, not 1 — count spaces, not lines.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah divides the ten sefirot into four and six, as four elements and six directions of space. In the primary lessons: Maths: on a ruler, centimetres are subdivided into millimetres; scales and number lines have subdivisions, so you count each small mark carefully. Geography: a county or district is a subdivision of a country or state. Everyday life (North America, Australia, NZ): «They live in a new subdivision».

### Examples

- The precise meanings of these subdivisions will be subsequently explored in chapters 3, 4, and 5. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subdivision/#x1)
- Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subdivision/#x2)

### Note

Countable. Verb: subdivide. Maths tip: if there are 5 spaces (subdivisions) between 0 and 10, each space is worth 2, not 1 — count spaces, not lines.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «subdivision» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivision/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«subdivision» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/subdivision.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «subdivision» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subdivision/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«subdivision» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/subdivision.html) on Mova free.