QUO'TIENT, noun [Latin quoties, how often.] In arithmetic, the number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater. Thus 3)12(4. Here 4 is the quotient showing that 3 is contained 4 times in 12. Or quotient is an expression denoting a certain part of a unit; as 3/4.
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