1. (n.) The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

2. (n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.

abstraction adjunct alienation analysis analyzation anatomizing anatomy arrangement assay assaying assembly-line housing bifidity bifurcation billeting bipartition bisection blood bracket branch branching breakdown breaking down breaking up breakup by two caste cataloging categorization category census clan class classification codification component composition constituents content contents contingent cross section cutting in two detachment detail dichotomy dimidiation disarticulation disassociation disconnectedness disconnection discontinuity disengagement disjointing disjunction dislocation dissection disunion division divisions divorce divorcement docimasy dole domiciliation doss elements estate filing forking fraction grade grading gravimetric analysis group grouping guts halving head heading hospitality housing housing bill housing development housing problem in half incoherence index indexing ingredients innards insides installment inventory isolation item items kin label level list living quarters lodging lodgment lower-income housing luxation order parcel part particular parting partition parts percentage pigeonhole pigeonholing placement portion position predicament proximate analysis quadrant quantitative analysis quarter quartering quota race ramification random sample ranging rank ranking rating reduction to elements remainder removal resolution rubric sample sampling section sector segment segmentation semimicroanalysis separation separatism sept set share slum clearance sorting station status strain stratification stratum subgroup suborder subspecies subtraction tabulation taxonomy title tract transient lodging typology urban renewal whole withdrawal zoning