A number that came out of a division and now stands for how much. In the maths class it is exactly that: twelve shared into fours gives three, and three is the quotient. Outside the maths class the number is imaginary, but the shape survives — a writer names a quality, puts quotient after it, and hands you a dial you can turn up or down. Both uses are the same move: take something spread out and report it as one figure.
可以想成一個從除法裡跑出來的數字，用來回答「有多少」。在數學課裡它就是字面上的那樣：12 分成 4 份，一份是 3，這個 3 就是 quotient。走出數學課以後，那個數字其實是想像的，可是形狀留了下來：前面放一個特質，後面接 quotient，讀者就拿到一個刻度盤，可以往上調也可以往下調。兩種用法做的是同一件事——把一團說不清的東西，變成一個可以講的數。
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