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

A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. tree →
Subdivision is the act of dividing something into smaller parts. tree →
(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A subdivision is an area of land divided into plots where new houses are built, a housing estate. tree →

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 →
A county is a subdivision of a country. tree →
They bought a house in a new subdivision. tree →
Count the subdivisions between 0 and 1 on the scale. tree →
The farm was sold for subdivision. tree →
Chapters have subdivisions called sections. tree →

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 →
Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

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: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «subdivision» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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