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numerator
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enPR
:
no͞oʹ-mər-ā'-tər
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/ˈnuː.mər.ˌeɪ̯.tər/
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Singular
numerator
Plural
numerators
The
numerator
in the
fraction
is 3.
(
countable
) (
mathematics
) In a
fraction
, the
numerator
is the top number. It tells you how many parts there are out of a whole.
In the fraction 3/4, the
numerator
is 3 and the
denominator
is 4.