quotient
noun
[ ˈkwəʊʃ(ə)nt ]
• a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another.
• a 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- .
