DENOMINATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denominator mean? 

• DENOMINATOR (noun)
  The noun DENOMINATOR has 1 sense:

1. the divisor of a fraction

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENOMINATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The divisor of a fraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

divisor (the number by which a dividend is divided)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "denominator"):

common denominator (an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions)

 Context examples 

A volume unit equal to one milliliter used as a denominator to build a derived unit expressed as a ratio.

(Per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator.

(Percentage, NCI Thesaurus)

A volume unit equal to one microliter used as a denominator to build a derived unit expressed as a ratio.

(Per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A volume unit equal to one liter used as a denominator to build a derived unit expressed as a ratio.

(Per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

A volume unit equal to one deciliter used as a denominator to build a derived unit expressed as a ratio.

(Per Deciliter, NCI Thesaurus)

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)