Definitions for denominator
dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪ tərde·nom·i·na·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. denominatornoun

   the divisor of a fraction

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1. denominatornoun

   The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (thus 2 in ).

2. Etymology: From denominator.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Denominatornoun

   The giver of a name; the person or thing that causes an appellation.

   Etymology: from denominate.

   Both the seas of one name should have one common denominator. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

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1. denominator

   A fraction (from Latin: fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, three-quarters. A common, vulgar, or simple fraction (examples: 1 2 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}} and 17 3 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {17}{3}}} ) consists of a numerator, displayed above a line (or before a slash like 1⁄2), and a non-zero denominator, displayed below (or after) that line. Numerators and denominators are also used in fractions that are not common, including compound fractions, complex fractions, and mixed numerals. In positive common fractions, the numerator and denominator are natural numbers. The numerator represents a number of equal parts, and the denominator indicates how many of those parts make up a unit or a whole. The denominator cannot be zero, because zero parts can never make up a whole. For example, in the fraction 3/4, the numerator 3 indicates that the fraction represents 3 equal parts, and the denominator 4 indicates that 4 parts make up a whole. The picture to the right illustrates 3/4 of a cake. A common fraction is a numeral which represents a rational number. That same number can also be represented as a decimal, a percent, or with a negative exponent. For example, 0.01, 1%, and 10−2 are all equal to the fraction 1/100. An integer can be thought of as having an implicit denominator of one (for example, 7 equals 7/1). Other uses for fractions are to represent ratios and division. Thus the fraction 3/4 can also be used to represent the ratio 3:4 (the ratio of the part to the whole), and the division 3 ÷ 4 (three divided by four). The non-zero denominator rule, which applies when representing a division as a fraction, is an example of the rule that division by zero is undefined. We can also write negative fractions, which represent the opposite of a positive fraction. For example, if 1/2 represents a half-dollar profit, then −1/2 represents a half-dollar loss. Because of the rules of division of signed numbers (which states in part that negative divided by positive is negative), −1/2, −1/2 and 1/−2 all represent the same fraction – negative one-half. And because a negative divided by a negative produces a positive, −1/−2 represents positive one-half. In mathematics the set of all numbers that can be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not zero, is called the set of rational numbers and is represented by the symbol Q, which stands for quotient. A number is a rational number precisely when it can be written in that form (i.e., as a common fraction). However, the word fraction can also be used to describe mathematical expressions that are not rational numbers. Examples of these usages include algebraic fractions (quotients of algebraic expressions), and expressions that contain irrational numbers, such as 2 2 {\textstyle {\frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}}} (see square root of 2) and π/4 (see proof that π is irrational).

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1. denominator

   The denominator is the bottom number in a fraction. It indicates the total number of equal parts into which a whole is divided. In a division operation, it represents the divisor or the quantity by which another quantity, the numerator, is divided.

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1. Denominatornoun

   one who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name

2. Denominatornoun

   that number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided

3. Denominatornoun

   that part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. dnominateur.]

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1. nonmediator

How to pronounce denominator?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of denominator in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of denominator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of denominator in a Sentence

1. W. H. Auden:

   Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can all of them make me laugh.

2. John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (1958):

   People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills, and the other familiar furniture of economic development.... But we are coming to realize... that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.

3. Amesh Adalja:

   It tells us this virus is much more widespread than we thought, the hospitalization rate may be much lower because the denominator( of people infected) is so much bigger.

4. Hannah Arendt:

   We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

5. Achala Abeysinghe:

   If you go too punitive, there's a risk countries will put forward the lowest common denominator because they don't want to be sanctioned.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=denominator
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Denominator
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=denominator
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denominator
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denominator