aliquot part

1. 1.

   an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity

   “4 is an aliquot part of 12”

   Synonymsaliquot

   Broaderdivisor

Questions about aliquot part

What does aliquot part mean?

aliquot part means "an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity".

What is another word for aliquot part?

Close synonyms include aliquot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aliquot part a common word?

aliquot part is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.