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Definition of Aliquot part
1. Noun. An integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity. "4 is an aliquot part of 12"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliquot Part
Literary usage of Aliquot part
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"amount to a gift of the fund itself or any aliquot part thereof, the legacy is
demonstrative.1 d. STOCKS.—A bequest of stock is specific when the intent is ..."
2. Robinson's Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of by Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co (1879)
"An aliquot part of a number is such a ... An aliquot part may be a whole or a
mixed number, while a factor must be a whole number. ..."
3. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"It may be that, in cases where an aliquot part or some other definite part of
the consideration has been advanced, the parties intending that some specific ..."
4. The University Arithmetic: Embracing the Science of Numbers, and Their by Charles Davies (1852)
"One number is said to be an aliquot part of another, when it forms an exact part
of it: that is, when it is contained in that other an exact number of times ..."
5. Staniford's Practical Arithmetic ...: Adapted Principally to Federal by Daniel Staniford (1820)
"Rules to find the aliquot parts which any given pence, Shillings, pounds, &c.
make of a s. £•, ton, cwt. or i cwt. To find the aliquot part of a shilling. ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"Where an aliquot part of the rent is assigned there is no injustice to the tenant
in permitting the holder of the part to maintain his action on the ..."