quotient

Related topics: Numbers

quo·tient /ˈkwəʊʃənt $ ˈkwoʊ-/ noun [countableC]

1 the amount or degree of a quality, feeling etc in a person, thing, or situation 〔质量、情感等的〕指数，程度

Is all this healthy food supposed to increase my happiness quotient?

所有这些健康食品能提高我的幸福指数吗？

2. technicalHMN the number which is obtained when one number is divided by another 商

Examples from the Corpus

quotient• For every day I stayed in Rochester, my intelligence quotient dropped another ten points.• There was Mark, of course, with the cruel and secret quotient of his intelligence.• Brennan's comments on the shelling contained his usual quotient of obscenity.

Origin quotient

(1400-1500) Latin quotiens “how many times”, from quot “how many”

词汇	quotient
释义	quotient Related topics: Numbers quo·tient /ˈkwəʊʃənt $ ˈkwoʊ-/ noun [countableC] 1 the amount or degree of a quality, feeling etc in a person, thing, or situation 〔质量、情感等的〕指数，程度 Is all this healthy food supposed to increase my happiness quotient? 所有这些健康食品能提高我的幸福指数吗？ 2. technicalHMN the number which is obtained when one number is divided by another 商 Examples from the Corpus quotient• For every day I stayed in Rochester, my intelligence quotient dropped another ten points.• There was Mark, of course, with the cruel and secret quotient of his intelligence.• Brennan's comments on the shelling contained his usual quotient of obscenity. Origin quotient (1400-1500) Latin quotiens “how many times”, from quot “how many”
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