1.
[syn: aliquot, aliquot part]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aliquot
adj 1: signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
n 1: an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity; "4 is
an aliquot part of 12" [syn: aliquot, aliquot part]
[ant: aliquant, aliquant part]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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