denominator
noun
that term of a fraction, usually written under the line, that indicates the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; divisor.
denominators
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pluralof denominator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Surely we can point to numerous reasons but one of the more common denominators of our great heritage, for generation upon generation, was our appreciation for “the value of honest labor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
There are some common denominators causing stress on the system that will take radical reform to tackle.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
Expanding our knowledge of sleep behaviors across the animal kingdom, sleep researchers note, could reveal common denominators of what the behavior is for at the most basic level.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
With up to 20 possible ingredients and countless variations, we focused on common denominators to pare down the list to essentials.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
It was a sort of mathematical homunculus—an idea borrowed from Pythagoras and Plato—but dressed up with fractions and denominators into a modern-sounding law.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
