Dictionary Entry
quotient
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/KWO-shuhnt/The number obtained when one quantity is divided by another.
In a Sentence
“When you divide 12 by 3, the quotient is 4.”
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Origin
From Latin quotients, from quotus ‘how many’ + -ent, meaning ‘the number of parts’.
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