subdivision

sub·di·vi·sion

a subdividing or being subdivided
one of the parts resulting from subdividing
a piece of land resulting from this; esp., a large tract subdivided into small parcels for sale

Origin of subdivision

Ecclesiastical Late Latin subdivisio

subdivision

noun

a. The act or process of subdividing.
b. A subdivided part.
An area of real estate subdivided into individual lots.

Related Forms:

sub′di·vi′sion·al
adjective

subdivision

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)

(countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something
Subdivide the sentence into pieces and understand it a bit at a time.
(countable) such a piece that has been divided
Work on one subdivision at a time.
(countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots
(countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area
They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

Origin

From sub- +"Ž division

subdivision - Legal Definition

n

A reduction in area of a piece of land by dividing it up into two or more smaller parcels.

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

It is no more than an interesting subdivision in a general theory.
While Sackler and DeLeo owned homes in the same subdivision, Dean rented a small house in the older part of town with Fred O'Connor, his elderly stepfather.
Barrackpur subdivision was formed in 1904.
Albumoses and peptones are white powders, readily soluble in water, with the exception of the hetero-albumoses - a subdivision of primary albumoses.
In the subdivision of the order into tribes use is made of differences in the form of the fruit and the manner of folding of the embryo.

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