quotient

See also: Quotient and quotiënt

English

Etymology

From Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwəʊʃənt/
(US) enPR: kwōʹshənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwoʊʃənt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -oʊʃənt

Noun

quotient (plural quotients)

(arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.
The quotient of 12 divided by 4 is 3.
(arithmetic) The integer part of the result of such division.
The quotient of 13 divided by 4 is 3, and the remainder is 1.
(mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

number resulting from division

Armenian: քանորդ (hy) (kʿanord)
Bulgarian: частно (bg) n (častno)
Catalan: quocient m
Cebuano: lapa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 商 (zh) (shāng), 商數／商数 (zh) (shāngshù)
Czech: podíl (cs) m
Danish: kvotient c
Dutch: quotiënt (nl) n
Finnish: osamäärä (fi)
French: quotient (fr) m
Georgian: განაყოფი (ganaq̇opi)
German: Quotient (de) m
Greek: πηλίκο (el) n (pilíko)
Hungarian: hányados (hu)
Icelandic: kvóti (is) m, hlutatala f
Ido: quociento (io)
Italian: quoziente (it) m
Japanese: 商 (ja) (しょう, shō)
Korean: 몫 (ko) (mok)
Macedonian: ко́личник m (kóličnik)
Maori: otinga, otinga wehe
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kvotient m

Nynorsk: kvotient m
Persian: خارج قسمت‎, بهر‎ (fa) (bahr)
Polish: iloraz (pl) m
Portuguese: quociente (pt) m
Romanian: cât (ro) n
Russian: ча́стное (ru) n (částnoje)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀личнӣк m

Roman: kòličnīk (sh) m
Slovene: kolíčnik (sl) m
Spanish: cociente (es) m
Swedish: kvot (sv) c
Tagalog: kahatian
Turkish: bölüm (tr)

result of inverse of multiplication defined for non-numerical mathematical entities

Bulgarian: коефициент m (koeficient)
Dutch: quotiënt (nl) n
Finnish: osamäärä (fi)
Swedish: kvot (sv) c
Tagalog: kahatian

quotum or quota

Dutch: quotum (nl) n
Portuguese: cota (pt) m
Russian: часть (ru) f (častʹ), до́ля (ru) f (dólja)
Swedish: kvot (sv) c

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

successor
addition, summation:
(augend) + (addend) = (total)

(summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)
subtraction:
(minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
multiplication, factorization:
(multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

(factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)
division:
(dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

(numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)
Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining
exponentiation:
(base) ^(exponent) = (power)
root extraction:
^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)
logarithmization:
log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Anagrams

not quite

French

Etymology

From Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.sjɑ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Audio (file)

Noun

quotient m (plural quotients)

quotient (result of a division)

Derived terms

quotient intellectuel

Further reading

“quotient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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