aliquot

aliquot Definition

ali·quot (al′i kwət, -kwät′)

adjective

designating or of a portion, part, or sample of a chemical, medicine, etc.
Math. designating a part of a number that divides the number evenly and leaves no remainder 8 is an aliquot part of 24

Etymology: Fr aliquote, prob. via ML aliquota (fem.) < L aliquot, some, several < alius, other + quot, how many

noun

an aliquot part

aliquot Usage Examples

Preposition: of

sample: An aliquot of the sample was filtered through a 0.45 micrometer membrane filter into an autosampler vial ready for analysis.
cell: An eluate may be prepared from the first aliquot of cells to confirm the specificity of the adsorbed antibody.

Adjective modifier

small: Instead an empirical approach was used with a very small initial aliquot that was increased in weight as the experiment proceeded.

Noun used with modifier

ml: Dispense in 10 ml aliquots in appropriately sized capped tubes and sterilize at 121 °C for 15 minutes.
µl: Run 10 µl aliquots on an SDS-PAGE gel to check the prep.
plasma: Internal quality control was performed by regular analyzes of stored plasma aliquots, and was satisfactory during the assay period.

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