quotient

See also Quotient, and quotiënt

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkwəʊʃənt/, X-SAMPA: /"kw@US@nt/
• (US) enPR: kwōʹshənt, IPA: /ˈkwoʊʃənt/, X-SAMPA: /"kwoUS@nt/

Etymology

From Latin quotiens, from quoties

Noun

quotient (plural quotients)

1. (arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.

   The quotient of 12 divided by 4 is 3.

2. (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
3. (obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.

Derived terms

• intelligence quotient
• quotient group

Related terms

• quotientive
• quotiety

Translations

number resulting from division

• Armenian: քանորդ (hy) (kʿanord) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 商 (cmn) (shāng), 商數 (cmn), 商数 (cmn) (shāngshù)

• Czech: podíl (cs) m
• Danish: kvotient (da) c
• Dutch: quotiënt (nl) n
• Finnish: osamäärä (fi)
• French: quotient (fr) m
• German: Quotient (de) m
• Greek: πηλίκο (el) n (pilíko) (pilíko)

• Italian: quoziente (it) m
• Japanese: 商 (ja) (しょう, shō)
• Macedonian: количник (mk) (kóličnik) m
• Persian: خارج قسمت (fa)
• Polish: iloraz (pl) m
• Portuguese: quociente (pt) m
• Russian: частное (ru) (částnoje) n 
• Spanish: cociente (es) m
• Swedish: kvot (sv) c
• Turkish: bölüm (tr)

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

• Dutch: quotiënt (nl) n
• Finnish: osamäärä (fi)

• Swedish: kvot (sv) c

quotum or quota

• Dutch: quotum (nl) n
• Portuguese: cota (pt) m

• Russian: часть (ru) f (častʹ), доля (ru) f (dolja)
• Swedish: kvot (sv) c

See Also

Other terms used in elementary arithmetic:

addition: (augend) + (addend) = (total) subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference) multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product) division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient) Or sometimes = (quotient) + (remainder) summation (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum) factorisation (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

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French

Etymology

From Latin quotiens, from quoties

Pronunciation

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Noun

quotient m (plural quotients)

1. Quotient (result of a division).