aliquant

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aliquant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aliquant \Al"i*quant\, a. [L. aliquantus some, moderate; alius
     other + quantus how great: cf. F. aliquante.] (Math.)
     An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does
     not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an
     aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
     [1913 Webster]

aliquant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aliquant
      n 1: an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity;
           "5 is an aliquant part of 12" [syn: aliquant, aliquant part
           ] [ant: aliquot, aliquot part]