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denominator | American Dictionary

denominator
noun[ C ]
us/dɪˈnɑm·əˌneɪ·t̬ər/
mathematics
in a fraction (= part of a whole number), the number written below the line, showing how many parts the whole contains

Examples of denominator

denominator
That is, a limit of 16 was placed on the number of non-contributing months that would be included in the denominator.
A common denominator among these artists, however, is the use of advanced studio recording technology to represent such otherworldly themes.
These were completed manually, or more often, by using the reporting module of the practice clinical system to provide denominator and numerator data.
Unfortunately, the necessary denominator tourist data was not available, so it was not possible to conduct this analysis.
Unable to unite farm programs with party politics, debates over policy were reduced to their lowest common denominator: individual commodities.
However, caution is warranted in drawing such strict comparisons since denominators for animals tested were not considered.
An estimate of number of stools from general practice would be extremely useful as a denominator for other national surveillance systems facilitating international comparisons.
The four denominators reflect increasing amounts of information about the population subject to surveillance that may be available.
In the following empirical analyses, however, the numerator and the denominator are reversed so that higher scores indicate increased party policy extremism.
Indeed, when one iterates f complicated denominators do arise, but they always disappear when one cancels common factors between numerators and denominators.
In this time interval the lowest order of the denominator above presented is a sufficient approximation.
In this conference the emphasis was on seeking common denominators that may help us to forestall such tragic occurrences in the future.
This practice crosses cultural boundaries with ease, because demographic ageing is a common denominator while the varied cultural and anthropological perspectives are actively celebrated.
The argument that secular public discourse provides a common denominator that all citizens share is comparably clever-and equally unpersuasive.
A number of chapters in the volume do not support that common denominator.
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