subdivision

1. 1. The act or process of subdividing.
   2. A subdivided part.
2. An area of real estate composed of subdivided lots.

Tract of land divided into lots suitable for home-building purposes. Most states and localities require that a subdivision Plat be recorded.

A tract of land divided into lots suitable for homebuilding purposes. Some states and localities require that a subdivision plat be recorded.
Example: A residential subdivision .

noun

1. One of the parts into which something is divided: division, member, part, piece, portion, section, segment. See part/whole.
2. A part of a family, tribe, or other group, or of such a group's language, that is believed to stem from a common ancestor: branch, division, offshoot. See part/whole.

Definition: smaller entity of whole
Antonyms: whole

Signifies a unilateral condition.

A tract of land divided into residential lots.

Any reduction in size of a parcel or tract of land by division into two or more smaller parcels. 231 A. 2d 553, 557. See zoning.

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Subdivision may refer to:

• Country subdivision
  • Subdivision (land), a term for an urban or suburban area, especially if recently parcelled up into smaller plots for new uses
  • Census subdivision, a term used in Canada
• Subdivision, a term for division of the beat in music; see rhythm and divisive rhythm
• Subdivision, an informal taxonomic rank below a division
• Subdivision (film), starring Gary Sweet
• Subdivision (graph theory)
• "Subdivision" (Prison Break episode), the twenty-eighth episode of American television series, Prison Break
• "Subdivisions" (song), by the rock group Rush
• Subdivision surface, a term in computer graphics
• A named section of railroad trackage, in North American usage

See also

• Division (disambiguation)

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