DIVISIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does divisional mean? • DIVISIONAL (adjective)
The adjective DIVISIONAL has 3 senses:
1. of or relating to a military division
2. serving to divide or marking a division
3. constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit
Familiarity information: DIVISIONAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DIVISIONAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to a military division
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
divisional artillery
Pertainym:
division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)
Meaning:
Serving to divide or marking a division
Synonyms:
dividing; divisional
Context example:
the divisional line between two states
Similar:
disjunctive (serving or tending to divide or separate)
Meaning:
Constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit
Context examples:
American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel / fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
Similar:
fractional (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety)
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