denominator
noun
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Quanta Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
For any irrational number, there is an infinite sequence of special denominators that give an accuracy two or more times better than what a random denominator of the same number of digits would give.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
The approximation 22/7 gives 3-digit accuracy with a 1-digit denominator and 355/113 gives 7-digit accuracy with a 3-digit denominator.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
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—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2023
That comes out to a debt-to-GDP ratio where the numerator is growing faster and the denominator is growing slower.
—The Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
As capacity is reduced, the denominator (seats x miles) both go down because the airline is flying fewer flights.
—Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 23 May 2022
As this process continues, the sum gains more and more terms, involving fractions with bigger and bigger denominators.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
While the change is the same in both periods, because the base (the denominator) in the first period is lower than in the second period, the percentage change is higher.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
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see denominate
circa 1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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