aliquantadj.n.

1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 17 An Aliquant part is a lesser Number in respect of a greater, when it doth not measure it exactly, as 3 is an aliquant part of 7.

1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 17 This Remainder is a Fraction, or part of the Dividend, either an Aliquot or Aliquant part.

1784 M. Young Enq. Princ. Phænomena Sounds ii. 76 If half the latitude of the first wave be an aliquant part of the string..there will be a new series of less waves, recurring in a contrary direction.

1899 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 24 Oct. 649/1 In a type-writing machine..means for turning the platen through an aliquant part of a complete revolution at each actuation of the line-space lever.

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 15 565 A super-divine nature..capable of splitting up in its disintegration into supreme Godhood and perfect manhood as its aliquot, perhaps even as aliquant, parts.

2007 J. Burrell Real Estate Math Handbk. i. 34 If an aliquant part is known, any other aliquant part can be found by multiplying the initial aliquant part by the numerator of the new aliquant part.

1872 H. B. Bryant et al. Bryant & Stratton Business Arithm. xiv. 176 Aliquots are equal parts of a whole; aliquants are any parts equal or unequal.

1915 Math. Teacher 7 108 It will be observed that the subject divides into two parts, viz., direct aliquots or aliquants.

1951 Science 27 July 102/2 The oxygen consumption of rat brain cortex slices was tested at 37.5° C, 3 aliquants by the Warburg method and 3 by the volumetric apparatus.

1984 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 149 715/1 At intervals. 0.2-ml aliquants of the incubation mixture were removed and immediately subjected to a velocity-gradient sedimentation procedure.

2010 Crop Protection 29 1355/2 Aliquants of nematode suspensions, to give 300 J2/pot, were pipetted into prewetted 100-cm³ clay pots.