Denominator Definition

dĭ-nŏmə-nātər
denominators
noun
The expression written below the line in a common fraction that indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided.
American Heritage
A person or thing that denominates.
Webster's New World
A shared characteristic.
Webster's New World
The usual level; standard.
Webster's New World
The term below or to the right of the line in a fraction.
4 is the denominator of34
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Denominator

Noun

Singular:
denominator
Plural:
denominators

Origin of Denominator

  • From Late Latin dēnōminātor (“that which names”).

    From Wiktionary

Denominator Sentence Examples

  • Hence, so long as the denominator remains unaltered, we can deal with, exactly as if they were numbers, any operations being performed on the numerators.

  • Generally, to find the sum or difference of two or more fractional numbers, we must replace them by other fractional numbers having the same denominator; it is usually most convenient to take as this denominator the L.C.M.

  • Hence the value of a fraction is not altered by substituting for the numerator and denominator the corresponding numbers in any other column of a multiple-table (§ 36).

  • A fractional number is called a proper fraction or an improper fraction according as the numerator is or is not 3 less than the denominator; and an expression 4 such as 24 is called a mixed number.

  • A fraction written in this way is called a decimal fraction; or we might define a decimal fraction as a fraction having a power of To for its denominator, there being a special notation for writing such fractions.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEN

Words Ending With

RORTOR

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