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the answer that survives division, proof that splitting things up still leaves something standing
means The result you get when one number is divided by another.
from From Latin 'quotiens,' meaning 'how many times,' built on 'quot' ('how many') — the same root that gives us 'quota.' It came into English through medieval mathematics as the answer to the literal question division asks: how many times does this go into that?
- latin root
- from quotiens, meaning how many times
- iq origin
- intelligence quotient literally divided mental age by real age
- zero divisor
- divide by zero and the quotient simply refuses to exist
- remainder's twin
- every division yields a quotient and a leftover remainder
for instance
quotient rule calculus — fundamental derivative formula used since leibniz for (f/g)' = (f'g - fg') / g²