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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
numerator
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ AD534 used as a divider, providing differential operation on both numerator and denominator Fig. 6.
▪ If the value of the whole expression,, is to remain constant then the value of the numerator must also fall.
▪ Such splitting is feasible if the polynomial on the numerator is of lower degree than that on the denominator.
▪ The numerator of this expression, M is the magnet flux linked with the phase winding.
▪ Thus if where the quantities a i and b i are constant coefficients then or where the numerators A i are constants.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Numerator

Numerator \Nu"mer*a"tor\, n. [L. numerator: cf. F. num['e]rateur.]

  1. One who numbers.

  2. (Math.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.

    Note: In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction 5/9 (five ninths) 5 is the numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
numerator

1540s, from Late Latin numerator "counter, numberer," agent noun from numerat-, past participle stem of numerare "to count, number," from numerus "a number" (see number (n.)).

Wiktionary
numerator

n. 1 (context arithmetic English) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½). 2 An enumerator; someone who counts things.

WordNet
numerator

n. the dividend of a fraction

Usage examples of "numerator".

Any two fractions will do if the denominator equals the sum of the two numerators.