ALIQUOT (a Lat. word meaning “some,” “so many”), a term generally occurring in the phrase “aliquot part,” and meaning that one quantity is exactly divisible into another; thus 3 is an aliquot part of 6.
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ALIQUOT (a Lat. word meaning “some,” “so many”), a term generally occurring in the phrase “aliquot part,” and meaning that one quantity is exactly divisible into another; thus 3 is an aliquot part of 6.