numerator

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In calculating elasticity, the numerator is the same for both price and income elasticity: it is the percent change in quantity demanded for the good.

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  1. noun Mathematics The expression written above the line in a common fraction to indicate the number of parts of the whole.
  2. noun Mathematics An expression to be divided by another; a dividend.
  3. noun One that numbers; an enumerator.

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  • Here, that numerator is certainly interesting, but for me the denominator is far more so.
  • Proper, in that the numerator, the top number, was always smaller than the denominator, the bottom number. —  Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
  • After all, any number with 0 in the numerator is zero. —  TheMagazineofFantasyandScienceFiction,March2005
  • Grow the numerator (revenues), avoid charges to the denominator (goodwill), take more risk and back up the compensation truck at year-end. —  Information Arbitrage
  • Both ChangeFPS and AssumeFPS accept a numerator (rate) and denominator (scale) as arguments. —  DivX Labs -
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  1. = French numérateur = Spanish Portuguese numerador = Italian numeratore, from Late Latin numerator, a counter, a reckoner, from Latin numerare, past participle numeratus, count, number: see numerate.
 

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/ˈnjuməreɪtər/
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