Division
Division noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Usage example: the assembly line was a major development in the division of labor among workers
Scission and division are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scission" instead a noun "Division". rare substitute
Scission
Scission noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Usage example: fears that the scission of the labor union will compromise the workers' bargaining power
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cleavage and division
- cleavage and scission
- break and division
- break and scission
- apportionment and division
- apportionment and scission
- divide and division
- divide and scission
- section and division
- section and scission
- partition and division
- partition and scission
- distribution and division
- distribution and scission
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Scission and Division. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/division/scission
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