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QUOTIENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does quotient mean?

• QUOTIENT (noun)
The noun QUOTIENT has 2 senses:

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

Familiarity information: QUOTIENT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• QUOTIENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The ratio of two quantities to be divided

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("quotient" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quotient"):

proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The number obtained by division

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("quotient" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units)

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