Complement and Division

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

noun

• An army unit large enough to sustain combat.
  • usage: "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"
• One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
  • usage: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
  • synonyms: part, section
• The act or process of dividing.
• An administrative unit in government or business.
• Discord that splits a group.
  • synonyms: variance
• A league ranked by quality.
  • usage: "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
  • synonyms: class
• Biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. (
• Botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum. (
• A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings.
  • synonyms: air division
• A group of ships of similar type.
  • synonyms: naval division
• An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
• The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
  • synonyms: partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation

• (n.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
• (n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
• (n.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
• (n.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
• (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, especially of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
• (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
• (n.) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
• (n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
• (n.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
• (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
• (n.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
• (n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts or the state of being so divided; separation.
• (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
• (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
• (n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.

Identifies the second highest level in the formal City organization in which a specific activity is carried out; several' Division's may comprise a single department.

(DoD, NATO) An organizational part of a headquarters that handles military matters of a particular nature, such as personnel, intelligence, plans, and training, or supply and evacuation.
(DoD, NATO) A tactical unit/formation as follows: a. A major administrative and tactical unit/formation which combines in itself the necessary arms and services required for sustained combat, larger than a regiment/brigade and smaller than a corps. b. A number of naval vessels of similar type grouped together for operational and administrative command, or a tactical unit of a naval aircraft squadron, consisting of two or more sections. c. An air division is an air combat organization normally consisting of two or more wings with appropriate service units. The combat wings of an air division will normally contain similar type units.