Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Aliquot

Main Entry: al·i·quot
Pronunciation: 'a-l&-"kwät, -kw&t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Iroquois, Medieval Latin aliquotus, from Latin aliquot some, several, from alius other + quot how many -- more at ELSE, QUOTE
1 : contained an exact number of times in something else -- used of a divisor or part <5 is an aliquot part of 15>
2 : FRACTIONAL
- aliquot noun

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

8 slices is an aliquot for a pizza (by tradition anyhow).
Is there aliquot etiquette?

Tue Dec 13, 08:35:00 PM EST  

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