different between divisor vs quotient

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?.?va?.z?(?)/
• (US) enPR: d?-v??-z?r, IPA^(key): /d?.?va?.z?/
• • Homophone: diviser
• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

divisor (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) A number or expression that another is to be divided by.

   In "42 ÷ 3" the divisor is the 3.

2. An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times.

   The positive divisors of 6 are 1, 2 and 3.

Translations

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• denominator

Anagrams

• Vidrios, viroids

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisors)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Related terms

• dividir

Further reading

• “divisor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Noun

divisor c (singular definite divisoren, plural indefinite divisorer)

1. (number theory) divisor

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di??u?i?.sor/, [d?i??u?i?s??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di?vi.sor/, [d?i?vi?s??r]

Noun

d?v?sor m (genitive d?v?s?ris); third declension

1. divider
2. distributor (especially of bribes)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• divisor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• divisor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• divisor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• divisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• divisor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• divisor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor

Related terms

• dividendo
• dividido
• dividir
• divisão

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin divisor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibi?so?/, [d?i.??i?so?]

Adjective

divisor (feminine divisora, masculine plural divisores, feminine plural divisoras)

1. dividing

Noun

divisor m (plural divisores)

1. (arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)

Further reading

• “divisor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Latin quoti?ns, from quoti?s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw????nt/
• (US) enPR: kw??sh?nt, IPA^(key): /?kwo???nt/

Noun

quotient (plural quotients)

1. (arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.

2. (arithmetic) The integer part of the result of such division.

3. (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
4. (obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Other terms used in elementary arithmetic:

Anagrams

• not quite

French

Etymology

From Latin quoti?ns, from quoti?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.sj??/

Noun

quotient m (plural quotients)

1. quotient (result of a division).

Derived terms

• quotient intellectuel

Further reading

• “quotient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).