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quotient

quo·tient

quotient

 
pronunciation:
kwo shnt
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part of speech: noun
definition: the number that is obtained by dividing one number into another.
In the equation ten divided by two equals five, five is the quotient.
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Quotient comes from quotiens, a Latin word that means "how many times?"
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