Aliquant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aliquant \Al"i*quant\, a. [L. aliquantus some, moderate; alius
     other + quantus how great: cf. F. aliquante.] (Math.)
     An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does
     not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an
     aliquant part of 16. Opposed to {aliquot}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aliquant
       n : an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity; "5
           is an aliquant part of 12" [syn: {aliquant part}] [ant: {aliquot}]