Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Divisional \Di*vi"sion*al\, a. That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a division 2 Of or pertaining to the process of division
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a military division; "divisional artillery"
serving to divide or marking a division; "the divisional line between two states" [syn: dividing]
constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit; "American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel"; "fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit"
Usage examples of "divisional".
The bemedaled, fat mass murderer with the monocle then saluted and drove back to his HQ far, far behind the front, while the divisional commanders returned to their divisions to prepare for an offensive so that the bemedaled ones might be able to go on playing with their little flags and nice, big maps.
Not only did Ney leave Bourmont in command, but, requiring another Divisional General, instead of selecting a Bonapartist, he urged Lecourbe to leave his retirement and join him.
For that matter, the firebase they are building is the nucleus of an outer fort like we intend for Fortress Forward and will hold almost the whole corps artillery and divisional artillery batteries.
At North Bay, which is a divisional terminus, the line touches Lake Nipissing, where there is a flourishing settlement, the land being of a fair quality.
His orders made perfectly good sense, and he radioed instructions to the divisional commander.
A policeman let them in, the divisional inspector received them, and Reggie was brought to the scullery.
While Lord was keeping his distance, Celia was formulating a plan to restructure the research organization, with a divisional president in overall charge and, reporting to him, vice presidents who would head specialist sections, including the new genetic engineering facility.
When the Marine detail at the Academy had been augmented, Breckenridge had been the divisional Sergeant Major at Camp LeJeune, and it was said that when he left Annapolis, he would complete his thirty-year tour of duty as Sergeant Major of the Corps, with an office adjoining that of the Commandant.
Back in the divisional headquarters in Buxton, George left the sergeant to type up a list of orders for the day shift and the extra officers drafted in from other parts of the county.
One Corps and two divisional command posts had been hit, two of those almost totally destroyed and the other badly disrupted.
Elsewhere, in the wider world, the baseball divisional races are decided one by one and the football exhibition season has begun.
In fact, where at all possible, I want ships operating in at least divisional strength, and pulling in a bit should free up the strength for that.
The senior divisional fire officer had arrived a moment ago and had sent for gas company engineers and organized other experts to inspect the foundations of the other high rises and buildings nearby in case they should be evacuated the whole three tiers of Kotewall, Conduit and Po Shan Roads suspect.
The senior divisional fire officer had arrived a moment ago and had sent for gas company engineers and organized other experts to inspect the foundations of the other high rises and buildings nearby in case they should be evacuated-the whole three tiers of Kotewall, Conduit and Po Shan Roads suspect.
And so with that decided, they headed for Diggs's command UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for the hop back to the divisional kazerne.