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quotient
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[ˈkwəʊʃnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another
- a degree or amount of a specified quality or characteristic
(e.g: the increase in Washington's cynicism quotient)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin quotiens ‘how many times’ (from quot ‘how many’), by confusion with participial forms ending in -ens, -ent-
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