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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).

English

Etymology

Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Old French adition, from Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additi?, from add? (“add, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d???n/, /æ?d???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)

Noun

addition (countable and uncountable, plural additions)

1. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. Anything that is added.
3. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
6. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

Synonyms

• (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
• (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

• (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
• (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
• (arithmetic operation): subtraction

Coordinate terms

• succession
• multiplication
• exponentiation
• tetration
• pentation
• hexation

Derived terms

• additional

Related terms

• add
• adder

Translations

See also

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

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Danish

Noun

addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)

1. (arithmetics) addition, act of adding

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin additi?, additi?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.di.sj??/
• Homophone: additions
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

addition f (plural additions)

1. addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
2. bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)

Descendants

• ? Turkish: adisyon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dodinait

Swedish

Etymology

Latin additi?nem, accusative singular of additio.

Noun

addition c

1. (mathematics) an addition

Declension