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Quotient   /kwˈoʊʃənt/   Listen
Quotient

noun
1.
The ratio of two quantities to be divided.
2.
The number obtained by division.



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"Quotient" Quotes from Famous Books



... the molecular weight of the compound. The figures so obtained will be the respective parts of the molecular weight due to the several atoms. Divide by the atomic weights of the respective elements, and the quotient will be the number ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson
... The harmony of man's being is not built on such false foundations, which are no more logical, philosophical, or scientific than would be the assertion that the rule of addition is the rule of subtraction, and that sums done under both rules would have one quotient. ...
— Unity of Good • Mary Baker Eddy
... casting up columns of English money figures, we have to divide the total of the pence by 12, the total of the shillings by 20, and only set down the remainder, carrying over the quotient. With the American currency the dollars are set down in one column, the cents in another, but the whole are added up together, then the two right-hand figures of the product struck off. These are the cents, all the rest are dollars. There are other ways in which this decimal ...
— The Truth About America • Edward Money
... a rule-of-three sum, being engaged in a sort of exciting race with the clock, of which the result was still doubtful. When, however, the little click, which meant, as I well knew, five minutes to twelve, sounded, I had attained my quotient in plain figures; a few moments more, and the process of fours into, twelves into, twenties into, had been accomplished; and just as the clock struck twelve I was able to hand up my slate triumphantly ...
— The Story of the White-Rock Cove • Anonymous


Words linked to "Quotient" :   ratio, proportion, number


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