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subdivision

noun
/ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/

Etymology

From sub- + division.

  1. derived from divisio
  2. derived from division
  3. inherited from divisioun
  4. prefixed as subdivision — “sub + division”

Definitions

  1. A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.

  2. Such a piece that has been divided.

    • Work on one subdivision at a time.

  3. A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.

      • They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

    2. A gated community located within a barangay.

      • ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.
      • As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.

    3. To separate something into smaller pieces.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at subdivision. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at subdivision. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at subdivision

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA