a. and sb. Math. [a. Fr. aliquote, a. L. aliquot some, so many, f. ali-us some or other + quot how many.]
A. adj. In phrase aliquot part: Contained in another a certain number of times without leaving any remainder; forming an exact measure of.
1570. Billingsley, Euclid, V. def. i. 126. This … is called … a measuring part … and of the barbarous it is called … an aliquote part.
1672. Phil. Trans., VII. 5153. The Aliquot parts or Just Divisors.
1695. Alingham, Geom. Epit., 16. An aliquot part is a lesser Number in respect of a greater, when it measures it exactly, as 2 is an aliquot part of 6, because it is contained just 3 times in it.
1757. Jos. Harris, Money & Coins, 9. None of our coins are aliquot or even parts of our weights.
1849. Mrs. Somerville, Connex. Phys. Sc., xvii. 157. On the string at the half, third, fourth or other aliquot points.
B. sb. An aliquot part.
1610. Healey, St. Aug., City of God, 434. This kinde of part we call an aliquote.
1777. Sir W. Jones, Ess., ii. 196. Accessory sounds … caused by the aliquots of a sonorous body vibrating at once.
1866. Sir J. Herschel, Fam. Lect. Sc., 423. The length of any object stated to contain a given number of such units or its aliquots.
