quotient

[ kwoh-shuh nt ]

/ ˈkwoʊ ʃənt /

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noun Mathematics.

the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another.

RELATED WORDS

remainder, result, computation

Nearby words

quoteworthy, quoth, quotha, quotid., quotidian, quotient, quotient group, quotient ring, quotient space, qur'an, quran

Origin of quotient

1400–50; late Middle English quocient, quociens < Latin quotiēns (adv.) how many times

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Examples from the Web for quotient

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Mad Men’s ‘The Runaways’: Three-Way Sex and Self-Mutilation in the Craziest Episode Yet|Marlow Stern|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a quotient, a long infinitesimal figure of a quotient, but I didn't add.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
The quotient is the proper number of revolutions per minute.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose
The quotient multiplied by 100 will give the per cent of shrinkage.
Textiles|William H. Dooley

Now, into the familiar sum of existence, which he knew from divisor to quotient, was suddenly shot a new factor—a woman.
Desert Conquest|A. M. Chisholm
I felt like a long-division sum, and a cold shiver went down my quotient.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quotient

quotient

/ (ˈkwəʊʃənt) /

noun

the result of the division of one number or quantity by another
the integral part of the result of division

a ratio of two numbers or quantities to be divided

Word Origin for quotient

C15: from Latin quotiens how often

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Word Origin and History for quotient

quotient

"number of times one quantity is contained in another," mid-15c., from Latin quotiens "how often? how many times?; as often as," pronomial adverb of time, from quot "how many?" (see quote (v.)). The Latin adverb quotiens was mistaken in Middle English for a present participle in -ens.

Medicine definitions for quotient

quotient

[ kwō′shənt ]

n.

The number obtained by dividing one quantity by another.

Science definitions for quotient

quotient

[ kwō′shənt ]

The number that results when one number is divided by another. If 6 is divided by 3, the quotient can be represented as 2, or as 6 ÷ 3, or as the fraction 63.