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numerator

[noo-muh-rey-ter, nyoo-]

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noun

Arithmetic.��the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor.
The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2.
a person or thing that numbers.

numerator

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noun

maths the dividend of a fraction Compare denominator
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a person or thing that numbers; enumerator

numerator

A number written above or to the left of the line in a common fraction to indicate the number of parts of the whole. For example, 2 is the numerator in the fraction 2/7.

numerator

In mathematics, the number that appears on the top of a fraction. In the fraction 2/3, the numerator is 2. (Compare denominator.)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of numerator¹

1535–45; < Late Latin �Գܳ��ٴǰ� a counter, numberer, equivalent to Latin �Գܳ�� ( re ) to number + -tor -tor

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But you have so many numerators in this case that need to be overhauled, need to be fixed.

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Accurate counts of gun-violence events — the numerators needed to calculate those rates — are hard to come by, too.

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We know they are going to add watch time to the denominator, but we have to increase the numerator as well.

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All of these expressions, but especially 0/0, could take on any value you desire them to have, depending on the functions you put in the numerator and denominator.

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The hospitalization rate is calculated by dividing the number of hospitalizations—the numerator—by the number of known cases—the denominator.

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