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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-muh-rey-ter, nyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu məˌreɪ tər, ˈnyu-

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Définition of numerator

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Late Latin numerator "counter, numberer," agent noun from numerat-, past participle stem of numerare "to count, number," from numerus "a number" (see number (n.)).
  • As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
  • As in common denominator : noun common factor
Example sentences :
  • There was a numerator, and that was Hugh; there was a nought below and that was she.
  • Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
  • The denominator of decimals is never written, the dot placed before the first figure of the numerator expressing its value.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • A vulgar fraction is reduced to a decimal by dividing the numerator (increased sufficiently with ciphers) by the denominator.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • One factor in the numerator and one in the denominator make a “pair” of factors.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • It is indicated at the extreme right of the numerator in the classification.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Fingerprints » by Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • What is the difference between the numerator and the denominator?
  • Extract from : « New Word-Analysis » by William Swinton
  • What have we done with the numerator and denominator in every case?
  • Extract from : « Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • Happiness, said Carlyle, is as the value of a common fraction, which results from dividing the numerator by the denominator.
  • Extract from : « 21 » by Frank Crane
  • The fools are eternally trying to get happiness by multiplying the numerator, the wise divide the denominator.
  • Extract from : « 21 » by Frank Crane
  • If the numerator is a multiple of 5, the fraction represents twentieths.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 » by Various

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