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Word: Aliquot
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French aliquote, from Latin aliquot ‘some, so many’, from alius ‘one of two’ + quot ‘how many’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈalɪkwɒt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a portion of a larger whole, especially a sample taken for chemical analysis or other treatment
Short Definition:portion of larger whole taken for chemical analysis
Examples:- an aliquot was examined daily for the appearance of cholesterol monohydrate crystals
Word: Aliquot
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈalɪkwɒt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
divide (a whole) into aliquots
Short Definition:divide whole into aliquots
Examples:- this solution was then aliquoted for three separate mass spectrometer analyses
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