denominatorn.

/dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə/

Etymology: < medieval Latin dēnōminātor, agent-noun < dēnōmināre to denominate v. In French dénominateur occurs 1484 (Hatzfeld) in the arithmetical sense.

1. One who or that which denominates or gives a name to something. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun] > one who or that which gives a name

christenerOE

impositor1493

denominator1577

imposer1597

name-giver1610

nomenclator1616

namer1627

entitler1653

name-caller1953

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) II. iv. xiv. 91 The Latins and Aegyptians accompted their daies after the seauen planets, choosing the same for the denominator of the daie, that [etc.].

1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 300 In this part stands the City of Lincoln, the chiefe denominator of the County.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 352 That inconvertible paper may serve as an accurate denominator of values.

2. Arithmetic and Algebra. The number written below the line in a vulgar fraction, which gives the denomination or value of the parts into which the integer is divided; the corresponding expression in an algebraical fraction, denoting the divisor. (Correlative to numerator.) common denominator, (a) a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions, i.e. a number that is a multiple of the denominator of each of them; (b) figurative something common to or characteristic of a number of things, people, etc.; also attributive; so least or lowest common denominator, the lowest possible common denominator; also attributive and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > expressed by numerator and denominator > elements of

numerator1539

denominator1552

nominatora1690

separatrix1770

the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > process of reducing fraction > elements of reducing denominator

common denominator1552

reducenda1690

reducera1690

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > common denominator

common denominator1898

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. P.vi^v The denominator doth declare the numbre of partes, into whiche the vnitie is diuided.

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Fiv^v Here haue I sette the lesser side as the numerator and the greatere side as the denominator.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises i. vii. f. 12 Multiply the denominators the one into the other, and the product thereof shall be a common denominator to both the Fractions.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 211 If the Numerator be given to find a Denominator.

1763 W. Emerson Method of Increments 29 Reducing them to a common denominator.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xii. 406 The resulting fractions fall into a series, any one of which has for..its denominator the sum of the two preceding denominators.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 530/2 In practice it is usually the least common denominator that the fractions are compared by.

figurative.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 450/2 The Fraction of Life can be increased in value not so much by increasing your Numerator, as by lessening your Denominator.1893 H. H. Gibbs Colloquy on Currency 62 How is that capital..measured? What is the Denominator of which price is the Numerator?1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 2/3 His speech would have to be rendered by interpreters into each of the hundred tongues.., presuming no common denominator language can be used.1910 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli (1911) iii. i. 309 Most clubs have a common link, a lowest common denominator in the Club Bore, who spares no one.1937 Discovery Mar. 75/1 All the black-and-white processes have a common denominator.1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 56 He wants the would-be-clever people to cultivate..a lowest-common-denominator sort of mind.1958 Observer 11 May 14/6 Searching among this raw material of art for the lowest common denominator on which to base a new style.

†3. An abstract noun denoting an attribute. Obsolete. (Cf. denominative adj. 1b, denominative n. 1.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > abstract noun

denominator1599

intellective1823

1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike vii. 14 Peter is said to be valiant; here valiantnes is the Denominator, valiant the Denominatiue, Peter the Denominated; for Peter is the subject whereunto the Denominator doth cleaue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	denominator
释义	denominatorn. /dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə/ Etymology: < medieval Latin dēnōminātor, agent-noun < dēnōmināre to denominate v. In French dénominateur occurs 1484 (Hatzfeld) in the arithmetical sense. 1. One who or that which denominates or gives a name to something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > one who or that which gives a name christenerOE impositor1493 denominator1577 imposer1597 name-giver1610 nomenclator1616 namer1627 entitler1653 name-caller1953 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) II. iv. xiv. 91 The Latins and Aegyptians accompted their daies after the seauen planets, choosing the same for the denominator of the daie, that [etc.]. 1641 P. Heylyn Ἡρωολογια Anglorvm 300 In this part stands the City of Lincoln, the chiefe denominator of the County. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 352 That inconvertible paper may serve as an accurate denominator of values. 2. Arithmetic and Algebra. The number written below the line in a vulgar fraction, which gives the denomination or value of the parts into which the integer is divided; the corresponding expression in an algebraical fraction, denoting the divisor. (Correlative to numerator.) common denominator, (a) a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions, i.e. a number that is a multiple of the denominator of each of them; (b) figurative something common to or characteristic of a number of things, people, etc.; also attributive; so least or lowest common denominator, the lowest possible common denominator; also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > expressed by numerator and denominator > elements of numerator1539 denominator1552 nominatora1690 separatrix1770 the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > process of reducing fraction > elements of reducing denominator common denominator1552 reducenda1690 reducera1690 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > common denominator common denominator1898 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. P.vi^v The denominator doth declare the numbre of partes, into whiche the vnitie is diuided. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Fiv^v Here haue I sette the lesser side as the numerator and the greatere side as the denominator. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises i. vii. f. 12 Multiply the denominators the one into the other, and the product thereof shall be a common denominator to both the Fractions. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 211 If the Numerator be given to find a Denominator. 1763 W. Emerson Method of Increments 29 Reducing them to a common denominator. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xii. 406 The resulting fractions fall into a series, any one of which has for..its denominator the sum of the two preceding denominators. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 530/2 In practice it is usually the least common denominator that the fractions are compared by. figurative.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 450/2 The Fraction of Life can be increased in value not so much by increasing your Numerator, as by lessening your Denominator.1893 H. H. Gibbs Colloquy on Currency 62 How is that capital..measured? What is the Denominator of which price is the Numerator?1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 2/3 His speech would have to be rendered by interpreters into each of the hundred tongues.., presuming no common denominator language can be used.1910 H. G. Wells New Machiavelli (1911) iii. i. 309 Most clubs have a common link, a lowest common denominator in the Club Bore, who spares no one.1937 Discovery Mar. 75/1 All the black-and-white processes have a common denominator.1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 56 He wants the would-be-clever people to cultivate..a lowest-common-denominator sort of mind.1958 Observer 11 May 14/6 Searching among this raw material of art for the lowest common denominator on which to base a new style. †3. An abstract noun denoting an attribute. Obsolete. (Cf. denominative adj. 1b, denominative n. 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > abstract noun denominator1599 intellective1823 1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike vii. 14 Peter is said to be valiant; here valiantnes is the Denominator, valiant the Denominatiue, Peter the Denominated; for Peter is the subject whereunto the Denominator doth cleaue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1552
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