The phrase "a physical division" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a tangible separation or partition between two or more entities or areas.
Example: "The architect designed a physical division between the living room and the dining area to create a more open feel."
Alternatives: "a tangible separation" or "a concrete partition".
At the same time, she told me, "there was never a physical division at that time between the two countries, other than the river".
"Normally a physical division of the property confers upon each cotenant his respective fractional portion of the land". Id., p 50-52.
As a result, the prospect of a physical division of the city may be getting closer.The sectarian violence between Shias and Sunnis (with the Kurds, for the most part, happily tucked away in their autonomous north-eastern region) got a lot worse after the bombing in February of a holy Shia shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad.
If there was no veto, and the matter was of a significant nature, there was usually a physical division of the house, where senators voted by taking a place on either side of the chamber.
Unimportant matters could be voted on by a voice vote or by a show of hands, while important votes resulted in a physical division of the house, with senators voting by taking a place on either side of the chamber.
Although partition in kind is favored, the court may also order sale and division of the proceeds when it concludes that an equitable physical division cannot be achieved.
Division can take a number of forms: physical division (a product is cut along a physical line), functional division (product components with different functions are separated), and preserving division (a product is divided in such a way that each part preserves the characteristics of the whole).
I didn't want any physical divisions to separate these two areas - I need the noise of other people - so the idea was to landscape the whole space and have a sudden drop in the floor level that would act like a partition or a rope.
The political and physical division of Berlin had a profound and pervasive influence on urban planning.
Taiwan's Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party may still technically be at war with each other, but on Friday they formally put an end to nearly six decades of physical division, allowing regular direct flights across the Taiwan Strait.
The division of Europe that was symbolised by the physical division of Germany's old capital city seemed a permanent part of the continent's geography.
