aliquot
noun /ˈælɪkwɒt/
/ˈælɪkwɑːt/
- (specialist) a small amount of something that is taken from a larger amount, especially when it is taken in order to do chemical tests on it
- (mathematics) a quantity that can be exactly divided into another
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French aliquote, from Latin aliquot ‘some, so many’, from alius ‘one of two’ + quot ‘how many’.