aliquant

From Latin aliquantus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.kwɒnt/

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aliquant (plural aliquants)

1. (mathematics, dated) An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
   • 1784, Matthew Young, “Sect[ion] I. Of the Motion of an Elastic Fibre.”, in An Enquiry into the Principal Phænomena of Sounds and Musical Strings, Dublin: […] Joseph Hill, […], →OCLC, part II (On Musical Strings), page 76:

     If half the latitude of the firſt vvave be an aliquant part of the ſtring, after the motion has been propagated to the fartheſt extremity, there vvill be a nevv ſeries of leſs vvaves, recurring in a contrary direction.

2. (chemistry) A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample/specimen thereof) that does not divide evenly into it, thus leaving a (nonzero) remainder.

   Coordinate term: aliquot

3. (chemistry, loosely, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of aliquot.

aliquant (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, dated) Less than another specified integer, but not dividing it into integral parts.

   5 is an aliquant part of 16.

• aliquot

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Borrowed from Latin aliquantus.

• IPA^(key): [aliˈkvant]
• Hyphenation: ali‧quant

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aliquant (strong nominative masculine singular aliquanter, not comparable)

1. aliquant

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