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misdivision

misdivision noun: incorrect division, e.g. of a word.

Noun

misdivision (countable and uncountable, plural misdivisions)

  1. Incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
  2. Abnormal (i.e. transverse instead of longitudinal) division of a centromere during meiosis or mitosis, resulting in two telocentric chromosomes from a single metacentric chromosome.

Forms of misdivision

pluralmisdivisions

Origin of misdivision

From mis- + division.

Questions about misdivision

What does misdivision mean?
Misdivision means incorrect division, e.g. of a word.
What part of speech is misdivision?
Misdivision is a noun.
What is the plural of misdivision?
The plural of misdivision is misdivisions.

Words near misdivision in the dictionary

  1. misdistributions
  2. misdivide
  3. misdivided
  4. misdivides
  5. misdividing
  6. misdivision
  7. misdivisions
  8. misdo
  9. misdoctor
  10. misdoctored
  11. misdoctoring

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