Aliquot

3 definitions found

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

  Aliquot \Al"i*quot\, a. [L. aliquot some, several; alius other +
     quot how many: cf. F. aliquote.] (Math.)
     An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will
     divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of
     15. Opposed to {aliquant}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aliquot
       adj : signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
       n : an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is
           an aliquot part of 12" [syn: {aliquot part}] [ant: {aliquant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "aliquot":
     algorismic, algorithmic, cardinal, decimal, differential, digital,
     even, exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite,
     fractional, imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral,
     irrational, logarithmic, logometric, negative, numeral, numerary,
     numerative, numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime,
     radical, rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd,
     transcendental