- department, section - a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
--1 is a kind of division
--1 has particulars:academic department; business department; personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office; government department; payroll, payroll department; security, security department - department - the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
--2 is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--2 is a member of country, state, land- department - a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
--3 is a kind of sector, sphere
- department - a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"