Definition:Division/Quotient

Definition
Let $c = a / b$ denote the division operation on two elements $a$ and $b$ of a field.

The element $c$ is the quotient of $a$ (divided) by $b$.

Linguistic Note
The word quotient is a word deriving from the Latin word meaning how often.

Also see

 * Definition:Dividend
 * Definition:Division/Divisor


 * Definition:Numerator
 * Definition:Denominator