Associations to the word «Numerator»

Wiktionary

NUMERATOR, noun. (arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½).
NUMERATOR, noun. An enumerator; someone who counts things.

Dictionary definition

NUMERATOR, noun. The dividend of a fraction.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky