aliquant

aliquant
/al"i kweuhnt/, adj. Math. Now Rare.
contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly: An aliquant part of 16 is 5.
[1685-95; < L aliquantus more or less great, equiv. to ali- differently + quantus great]

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