quotient

Definitions


[ˈkwəʊʃnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another

- a degree or amount of a specified quality or characteristic
(e.g: the increase in Washington's cynicism quotient)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin quotiens ‘how many times’ (from quot ‘how many’), by confusion with participial forms ending in -ens, -ent-




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