aliquant (English, noun)
expansion: aliquant (plural aliquants)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An integer that is less than another, but that does not divide the other integer into integral parts.
tags: dated
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A portion of a total amount (of some substance or a sample/specimen thereof) that does not divide evenly into it, thus leaving a (nonzero) remainder.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of aliquot.
tags: broadly
proscribed
sometimes
Forms:
form: aliquants
tags: plural