aliquot

Etymology

From French aliquote, from Latin aliquot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.kwɒt/

Adjective

aliquot (not comparable)

1. Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
   • 1794, George Adams (Jr), Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in its Present State of Improvement. Describing, in a Familiar and Easy Manner, The Principal Phenomena of Nature, and Shewing, That They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God,

     If, therefore, every aliquot diviſion produced a ſenſible effect by it's^[sic] vibration, we ſhould hear in every muſical ſtring an infinite variety of chords, diſſonant and conſonant, in ſharp and flat keys at the ſame time.

   • 1853, Joseph Whitworth, New York Industrial Exhibition: Official Report, page 166:

     The United States standard yard … has a thin strip of silver, ¹⁄₅ inch broad, let into it through its entire length. It is divided into small divisions, each being an aliquot part of an inch.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses (modernist novel):

     …the meal should be divided in aliquot parts among the members of the sick and indigent roomkeeper’s association as a token of his regard and esteem.

Noun

aliquot (plural aliquots)

1. (chemistry, biotechnology) A portion of a total amount of a solution or suspension.

Verb

aliquot (third-person singular simple present aliquots, present participle aliquoting or aliquotting, simple past and past participle aliquoted or aliquotted)

1. (chemistry, biotechnology, transitive, informal) To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots.

Etymology

From alius + quot.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.kʷot/, [ˈa.lɪ.kʷɔt]

Adjective

aliquot (invariable)

1. some; several; a few

Derived terms

• aliquotiēns

References

• aliquot in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aliquot in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aliquot in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette