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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) quotient
the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another.

Etymology: (< L quod vidē)

Definition of 'quotient'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) quotient
the ratio of two quantities to be divided

2. (noun) quotient
the number obtained by division

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) quotient
the number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three

2. (noun) quotient
the result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication

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The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. quotient
See coefficient of X.

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