numerator

Etymology

From Late Latin numerātor.

Pronunciation

• enPR: no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər, IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.məɹˌeɪ̯.təɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːməɹeɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

numerator (plural numerators)

1. (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).

   Synonym: (obsolete) nominator

   Coordinate term: denominator

2. An enumerator; someone who counts.

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Etymology

From numerō (“count, reckon”) +‎ -tor, from numerus (“number”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈraː.tor/, [nʊmɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.meˈra.tor/, [numeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

numerātor m (genitive numerātōris); third declension

1. counter, numerator

References

• “numerator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.