Quotient Meaning
/ˈkwəʊʃənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.
nounBy analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
Sentence Examples
Pressure is the quotient of force and area.
Modular division solves for the remainder, not the quotient.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To find the final ____, divide the total points by the number of students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The intelligence ____ test measured a range of cognitive abilities including memory and reasoning.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We show that such deformations still exists after quotienting out by diffeomorphisms only if the non linear addition is non associative."
— 2015, Valerio Astuti, Laurent Freidel, “Lorentz invariant deformations of momentum space”, in arXiv:
"In type theory, one commonly replaces quotients with setoids. In this approach, the delay datatype quotiented by weak bisimilarity is still a monad–a constructive alternative to the maybe monad."
— 2019, James Chapman, Tarmo Uustalu, Niccolò Veltri, “Quotienting the delay monad by weak bisimilarity”, in Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, volume 29, number 1, page 67:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To find the final ____, divide the total points by the number of students.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The intelligence ____ test measured a range of cognitive abilities including memory and reasoning.