Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-DI-VI'SION, n.

1. The act of subdividing or separating apart into smaller parts. – Watts.
2. The part of a thing made by subdividing; the part of a larger part. In the decimal table, the subdivisions of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. – Arbuthnot.