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1. A specialized division of a large organization
   "you'll find it in the hardware department"
   - section
    
2. The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
    
3. A specialized sphere of knowledge
   "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

Derived forms: departments

See also: departmental, interdepartmental, intradepartmental

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, division, sector, sphere, territorial division

Part of: country, land, state

Encyclopedia: Department