Definitions for numerator

numerator nu·mer·a·tor

Spelling: [noo-muh-rey-ter, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu məˌreɪ tər, ˈnyu-/

Numerator is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 472 anagrams from letters in numerator (aemnorrtu).

Definitions for numerator

noun

  1. 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: Compare denominator (def 1).
  2. a person or thing that numbers.

Origin of numerator

1535-45; Late Latin numerātor a counter, numberer, equivalent to Latin numerā(re) to number + -tor -tor

Examples for numerator

One factor in the numerator and one in the denominator make a “pair” of factors.

A vulgar fraction is reduced to a decimal by dividing the numerator (increased sufficiently with ciphers) by the denominator.

The fools are eternally trying to get happiness by multiplying the numerator, the wise divide the denominator.

It is indicated at the extreme right of the numerator in the classification.

Happiness, said Carlyle, is as the value of a common fraction, which results from dividing the numerator by the denominator.

What have we done with the numerator and denominator in every case?

There was a numerator, and that was Hugh; there was a nought below and that was she.

What is the difference between the numerator and the denominator?

The denominator of decimals is never written, the dot placed before the first figure of the numerator expressing its value.

If the numerator is a multiple of 5, the fraction represents twentieths.

Word Value for numerator
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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