cross-division

noun

The division of any group into divisions that cut across each other and produce confusion.

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cross-classification
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Meanings

nouncross-division (plural cross-divisions)

plural cross-divisions

  1. The division of any group into divisions that cut across each other and produce confusion.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounclassification according to more than one attribute at the same time

Similar
cross-classification
Broader
classificationcategorizationcategorisation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cross- + division.

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APA

cross-division. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-division

MLA

“cross-division.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-division. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-division,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-division.

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