quotient
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Definition of quotient
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The Steelers’ tolerance quotient, even with the drastic financial ramifications, finally ran out. — Andrew Brandt, SI.com, "How Cowboys’ Dak Prescott Can Benefit From Waiting to Negotiate His Contract," 20 Aug. 2019 At every price point, new GPU buyers can expect a solid bang-for-buck quotient between the $349 AMD Radeon RX 5700 and the $499 Nvidia RTX 2070 Super. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Nvidia RTX 2080 Super hands-on: The result when AMD is out of striking distance," 23 July 2019 But that quotient of potential truthfully applies to the spritz. — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, "How to Upgrade Your Spritz This Summer," 22 July 2019 That's despite what plays like a pretty significant ratcheting up of the violence quotient, which, even with the kids maturing, doesn't make those scenes any less unpleasant. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Stranger Things' tackles teen troubles in third season," 3 July 2019 The music is acoustic, with the country quotient increased, but this time appealingly varied—with fiddles and banjo, pedal steel and piano, horns and even, on several numbers, a small string ensemble, as appropriate. — Barry Mazor, WSJ, "‘What It Is’ by Hayes Carll Review: A New Direction, Yet Again," 12 Feb. 2019 Nor does the wonkiness quotient diminish as one examines the operational history of the ESOP movement. — John Case, The New Republic, "An Economy in Waiting," 8 July 2019 Developers Case Swenson and Chris Neale are also going to ham it up for the crowd, and comedian Will Durst will amp up the humor quotient. — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, "San Jose’s iconic Dancing Pig sign restored to neon glory," 22 June 2019 Porsche also has heightened the technology quotient, adding various active dynamic systems. — Car and Driver, "2019 10Best Cars," 28 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quotient.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for quotient
quotient
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English Language Learners Definition of quotient
mathematics
: the number that results when one number is divided by another
: the degree to which a specific quality or characteristic exists
See the full definition for quotient in the English Language Learners Dictionary
quotient
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quo·tient
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Kids Definition of quotient
: the number obtained by dividing one number by another
Dividing 10 by 5 gives a quotient of 2.
quotient
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quo·tient
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Medical Definition of quotient
: the numerical ratio usually multiplied by 100 between a test score and a measurement on which that score might be expected largely to depend
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