QUOTIDIAN

(Lat.quotidian us.) That form of ague which returns daily. QUOTIENT (Lat. quoties, how often), iu Arithmetic, is the result of the operation of division; and may be either a magnitude of any denomination, or an abstract number. When a magnitude of any kind is proposed to be divided into any number of parts, and the divisor is consequently an abstract number, the quotient is of the same kind with the dividend or quantity proposed to be divided; but when the dividend and divisor are both things of the same denomination, or both magnitudes of any kind, the quotient is an abstract number, and is the ratio of the one magnitude to the other. [s. 1024]