Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Mathematics The expression written below the line in a common fraction that indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided.
- n. A common trait or characteristic.
- n. An average level or standard: The success of the film demonstrates the denominator of public taste.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which gives a name; one from whom or that from which a name is derived.
- n. Specifically In math.: In arithmetic, that term of a fraction which indicates the value of the fractional unit; that term of a fraction which represents the divisor, and is, in common fractions, written below the dividend or numerator. See fraction. Thus, in ⅗, 5 is the denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts, 3 of which parts arc taken.
- n. In algebra, a divisor placed under a dividend, as in a numerical fraction.
- n. Same as denominant.
Wiktionary
- n. arithmetic The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (thus 2 in ½).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
- n. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in common fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
- n. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the divisor of a fraction
Etymologies
- From Late Latin dēnōminātor ("that which names"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A common denominator is that statistically, chances are that most of the cases of domestic violence are not even recorded.”
“The denominator is definitely the number of our troops killed.”
Cost Disease, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“In addition, each robot has a different type of vehicle shape, but they all have a basically humanoid alternative form — so the common denominator is the humanoid form rather than the vehicle form.”
“And if the denominator has factors of 2 and/or 5, it can be written as a sum of a fraction whose denominator has only factors of 2 and 5 (and thus has a finite decimal expansion) and one whose denominator is relatively prime to 10.”
“Given that, we are done for rational numbers whose denominator is relatively prime to 10 (i.e. has no factors of 5 or 2), by the opposite of the method in my earlier post.”
“The common denominator is that their research has dealt with long-term economic development for less developed countries.”
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006
“The common denominator is a Democrat, a progressive in the White House, and a throng of conspiracys about the government coming for your guns, and dilirium over their freedoms.”
“DONNELLY: The common denominator is lack of discipline”
“Among the G-20, we are looking for the least common denominator - it requires consensus - and the least common denominator is too low" to address some of the problems being faced, said Ali Babacan, Turkey's deputy prime minister and liaison to the group.”
The Washington Post: Geithner asks G-20 nations to commit to trade, currency targets
“It also claims governments are perceiving that the lowest common denominator is "no longer determined by the Council," because the EU executive is increasingly anticipating national positions at an earlier stage and taking them into account at the preparatory level.”
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