Aliquot ( la, a few, some, not many, link=no) may refer to:
Mathematics
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Aliquot part
In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer m that may be multiplied by some integer to produce n. In this case, one also says that n is a multiple of m. An integer n is divisible or evenly divisible by ...
, a proper divisor of an integer
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Aliquot sum
In number theory, the aliquot sum ''s''(''n'') of a positive integer ''n'' is the sum of all proper divisors of ''n'', that is, all divisors of ''n'' other than ''n'' itself.
That is,
:s(n)=\sum\nolimits_d.
It can be used to characterize the prime ...
, the sum of the aliquot parts of an integer
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Aliquot sequence
In mathematics, an aliquot sequence is a sequence of positive integers in which each term is the sum of the proper divisors of the previous term. If the sequence reaches the number 1, it ends, since the sum of the proper divisors of 1 is 0.
Defi ...
, a sequence of integers in which each number is the aliquot sum of the previous number
Music
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Aliquot stringing Aliquot stringing is the use of extra, un-struck strings in the piano for the purpose of enriching the tone. Aliquot systems use an additional (hence fourth) string in each note of the top three piano octaves. This string is positioned slightly abo ...
, in stringed instruments, the use of strings which are not struck to make a note, but which resonate sympathetically with struck notes
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Aliquot stop
An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as ''wind'') to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on" (admitting the passage of ai ...
, an organ stop that adds harmonics or overtones instead of the primary pitch
Sciences
*Aliquot of a
sample, in chemistry and other sciences, a precise portion of a sample or total amount of a liquid (e.g. precisely 25 mL of water taken from 250 mL)
*Aliquot in
pharmaceutics, a method of measuring ingredients below the sensitivity of a scale by proportional dilution with inactive known ingredients
*Genome aliquoting, the problem of reconstructing an ancestral genome from the genomes of
polyploid
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of ( homologous) chromosomes. Most species whose cells have nuclei ( eukaryotes) are diploid, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes, where each set contain ...
descendants
Other uses
*Aliquot part, in the US
Public Land Survey System
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 178 ...
, a subdivision of a section based upon an even division by distances along the edges and not by equal area
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