quotient

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊʃ(ə)nt/

noun

  • 1 Mathematics a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another.
  • 2a degree or amount of a specified quality or characteristic: the increase in Washington’s cynicism quotient

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin quotiens 'how many times' (from quot 'how many'), by confusion with participial forms ending in -ens, -ent-