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quotient

quo·tient
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kwoh-shuh nt]
    • /ˈkwoʊ ʃənt/
    • /ˈkwəʊ.ʃənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwoh-shuh nt]
    • /ˈkwoʊ ʃənt/

Definitions of quotient word

  • noun quotient the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another. 1
  • noun quotient A result obtained by dividing one quantity by another. 1
  • noun quotient ratio, number resulting from division 1
  • noun Definition of quotient in Technology The number obtained by dividing one number (the "numerator") by another (the "denominator"). If both numbers are rational then the result will also be rational. 1
  • countable noun quotient Quotient is used when indicating the presence or degree of a characteristic in someone or something. 0
  • noun quotient the result of the division of one number or quantity by another 0
See all 12 definitions of quotient

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Origin of quotient

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English quocient, quociens < Latin quotiēns (adv.) how many times

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Parts of speech for Quotient

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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quotient popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for quotient

noun quotient

  • proportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
  • amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  • share — a plowshare.
  • percentage — a rate or proportion per hundred.
  • measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
All 9 Synonyms of quotient

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Related words

  • achievement quotient

    a measure of ability derived by dividing an individual's achievement age by his actual age

  • l'hospital's rule

    the theorem that for the quotient of two functions satisfying certain conditions on a given closed interval, each having infinite limit or zero as limit at a given point, the limit of the quotient at the given point is equal to the limit of the quotient of the derivatives of each function.

  • intelligence quotient

    an intelligence test score that is obtained by dividing mental age, which reflects the age-graded level of performance as derived from population norms, by chronological age and multiplying by 100: a score of 100 thus indicates a performance at exactly the normal level for that age group. Abbreviation: IQ.

  • beta function

    a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.

  • chi-square

    an inferential statistic common in survey research

  • difference ring

    a ring whose elements are cosets with respect to a given ideal.
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