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numerator | American Dictionary

numerator
noun[ C ]
us/ˈnu·məˌreɪ·t̬ər/
mathematics
a number above the line in a fraction (= a division of a whole number):
In the fraction , 3 is the numerator.

Examples of numerator

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These were completed manually, or more often, by using the reporting module of the practice clinical system to provide denominator and numerator data.
The first term between parentheses in the numerator is the expected present value of future annuity payments.
Specifically, the numerator represents the marginal net benefits of adding wildlife to non-infected patches (a productivity effect).
A first interesting observation from the above equations is that the local permeability appears in the numerator of the gravity vorticity.
In the following empirical analyses, however, the numerator and the denominator are reversed so that higher scores indicate increased party policy extremism.
To illustrate the calculation for the first column, the numerator is calculated by dividing the coefficient (8.03) by mean premiums (1200) 1⁄4 0.0067.
Computing the diagonal elements and inverse of a large numerator relationship matrix.
A simple method for the inverse of a numerator relationship matrix used in the prediction of breeding values.
The frequency of the theme appeared in the numerator and the total number of themes in the denominator.
To do so, we can express the age distribution of admissions (the numerator) relative to the age distribution in the infirmaries' catchment areas (the denominator).
The numerator of the electron density is then positive for a physical solution.
A necessary condition to avoid the singularity is, then, that the numerator of (3.25) must vanish as well.
The numerator in the above formula represents the change in costs resulting from an intervention.
The numerator shows the number of activities inflected for past; the denominator shows the number of activities used.
In the following code, rat to stream builds the infinite sequence of digits for a rational number given by its numerator and denominator.
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