Aliquot

Aliquot may refer to:

In mathematics:

• 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

In music:

• Aliquot stringing, 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

Other uses:

• Aliquot in chemistry, a portion of a total amount of a solution
• Aliquot in pharmaceutics, a method of measuring ingredients below the sensitivity of a scale by proportional dilution with inactive ingredients
• Aliquot part, in the Public Land Survey System, a subdivision of a section based upon an even division by distances along the edges and not by equal area
• Genome aliquoting, the problem of reconstructing an ancestral genome from the genomes of polyploid descendants