COMMON DENOMINATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common denominator mean? 

• COMMON DENOMINATOR (noun)
  The noun COMMON DENOMINATOR has 2 senses:

1. an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions

2. an attribute that is common to all members of a category

  Familiarity information: COMMON DENOMINATOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON DENOMINATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("common denominator" is a kind of...):

denominator (the divisor of a fraction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An attribute that is common to all members of a category

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("common denominator" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

 Context examples 

These acts of violence have a common denominator: people of colour suffering violent attacks at the hands of white people.

(White people’s perceptions of the emotions on black people’s faces are less accurate than their perceptions among other white people, University of Granada)