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   quotient

   /ˈkwəʊʃnt/

   noun

   • 1. a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another.
   • 2. a degree or amount of a specified quality or characteristic: "the increase in Washington's cynicism quotient"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin quotiens ‘how many times’ (from quot ‘how many’), by confusion with participial forms ending in -ens, -ent-.

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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