Definition of department

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Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..

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Rhythmics :: Rhythmics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.
Kingdom :: Kingdom (n.) An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom..
Aerology :: Aerology (n.) That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Line :: Line (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme..
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision..
Christology :: Christology (n.) A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ..
Expert :: Expert (n.) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition.
Paster :: Paster (n.) One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department..
Department :: Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.
Marine :: Marine (a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine..
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..
Synthermal :: Synteretics (n.) That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
Cyclopaedia :: Cyclopaedia (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia..
Branch :: Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
Dean :: Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department..
Language :: Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology..
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