Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mathematics The expression written below the line in a common fraction that indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided.
- noun A common trait or characteristic.
- noun An average level or standard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which gives a name; one from whom or that from which a name is derived.
- noun Specifically In math.: In arithmetic, that term of a fraction which indicates the value of the fractional unit; that term of a fraction which represents the divisor, and is, in common fractions, written below the dividend or numerator. See
fraction . - noun In algebra, a divisor placed under a dividend, as in a numerical fraction.
- noun Same as
denominant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
- noun (Arith.) That number placed below the line in common fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
- noun (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.
- noun a number which can divide either of two or more other numbers without leaving a remainder in any of the divisions.
- noun the largest common denominator of two or more numbers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun arithmetic The
number orexpression written below the line in afraction (thus 2 in ½).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the divisor of a fraction
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Among the G-20, we are looking for the least common denominator - it requires consensus - and the least common denominator is too low" to address some of the problems being faced, said Ali Babacan, Turkey's deputy prime minister and liaison to the group.
Geithner asks G-20 nations to commit to trade, currency targets Howard Schneider 2010
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"Among the G-20, we are looking for the least common denominator - it requires consensus - and the least common denominator is too low" to address some of the problems being faced, said Ali Babacan, Turkey's deputy prime minister and liaison to the group.
Geithner asks G-20 nations to commit to trade, currency targets Howard Schneider 2010
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Given that, we are done for rational numbers whose denominator is relatively prime to 10 (i.e. has no factors of 5 or 2), by the opposite of the method in my earlier post.
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DONNELLY: The common denominator is lack of discipline
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The common denominator is that their research has dealt with long-term economic development for less developed countries.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006 2010
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And if the denominator has factors of 2 and/or 5, it can be written as a sum of a fraction whose denominator has only factors of 2 and 5 (and thus has a finite decimal expansion) and one whose denominator is relatively prime to 10.
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The denominator is definitely the number of our troops killed.
Cost Disease, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A common denominator is that statistically, chances are that most of the cases of domestic violence are not even recorded.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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In addition, each robot has a different type of vehicle shape, but they all have a basically humanoid alternative form — so the common denominator is the humanoid form rather than the vehicle form.
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The common denominator is a Democrat, a progressive in the White House, and a throng of conspiracys about the government coming for your guns, and dilirium over their freedoms.
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