Aliquot

Aliquot () may refer to:

• Aliquot part, a proper divisor of an integer
• Aliquot sum, the sum of the aliquot parts of an integer
• Aliquot sequence, a sequence of integers in which each number is the aliquot sum of the previous number

• Aliquot stringing, in stringed instruments, the use of strings which are not struck to make a note, but which resonate sympathetically with struck notes
• Aliquot stop, an organ stop that adds harmonics or overtones instead of the primary pitch

• 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 descendants

• Aliquot part, in the US Public Land Survey System, a subdivision of a section based upon an even division by distances along the edges and not by equal area