2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
numerator
n : the dividend of a fraction
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