numerator

Example Sentences

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Their concern, however, stems from the level of the numerator rather than the sustainability of the denominator.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Note that the plunging ratio tells us nothing about the U.S. economy, since the economy affects both the numerator and the denominator of the ratio and therefore has no net effect on its level.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

The product concentration and the numerator of Qc decrease with time, the reactant concentrations and the denominator of Qc increase, and the reaction quotient consequently decreases until it becomes constant at equilibrium.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In this case, the solute mass unit in the numerator was converted from mg to g to match the units in the denominator.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife