. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]
n. Vision. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
n. [ F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See Divide. ]
I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Communities and divisions of men. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
There was a division among the people. John vii. 43. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will put a division between my people and thy people. Ex. viii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
The motion passed without a division. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cell division (Biol.),
Long division (Math.),
Short division (Math.),
a. That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division;
Divisional planes (Geol.),
adv. So as to be divisional. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Divisional. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who divides or makes division. [ Obs. ] Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. im- not + provision. ] Improvidence. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. in- not + division: cf. F. indivision, LL. indivisio. ] A state of being not divided; oneness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lack of vision or of the power of seeing. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong division. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight).
n. [ Cf. F. prévision. ] Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See Provide. ]
Making provision for the relief of strangers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
And of provisions laid in large,
For man and beast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
They were provisioned for a journey. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. provisionnel. ] Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements;
adv. By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Provisional. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. révision, L. revisio. ]
n. [ L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision. ]
In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Supervision. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
For them no visioned terrors daunt,
Their nights no fancied specters haunt. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. &unr_; to see, &unr_; I know, and E. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit. ]
Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arc of vision (Astron.),
Beatific vision (Theol.),
Direct vision (Opt.),
Field of vision,
Indirect vision (Opt.),
Reflected vision,
Refracted vision
Vision purple. (Physiol.)
a. Of or pertaining to a vision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being visionary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. visionnaire. ]
The visionary hour
When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or lull to rest the visionary maid. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions. [ R. ] Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A visionary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of vision; sightless. [ 1913 Webster ]