numerator
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerātor.
Pronunciation
- enPR: no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər, IPA(key): /ˈnuː.məɹˌeɪ̯.təɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
numerator (plural numerators)
- (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).
- Synonym: (obsolete) nominator
- Coordinate term: denominator
- An enumerator; someone who counts.
Translations
number or expression written above the line in a fraction
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person who counts
See also
Other terms used in arithmetic operations:
- successor
- addition, summation:
- subtraction:
- (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
- multiplication, factorization:
- (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)
- (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)
- division:
- exponentiation:
- root extraction:
- logarithmization:
- log(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)
Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation
Latin
Etymology
From numerō (“count, reckon”) + -tor, from numerus (“number”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nʊ.mɛˈraː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nu.meˈraː.t̪or]
Noun
numerātor m (genitive numerātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | numerātor | numerātōrēs |
| genitive | numerātōris | numerātōrum |
| dative | numerātōrī | numerātōribus |
| accusative | numerātōrem | numerātōrēs |
| ablative | numerātōre | numerātōribus |
| vocative | numerātor | numerātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: numerator
- → Middle French: numerateur
- French: numérateur
- Italian: numeratore
- Spanish: numerador
References
- “numerator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- numerator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.