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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Latin numerare; NUMERATION

numerator

 noun
     
Related topics: Numbers
nu‧me‧ra‧tor [countable] technical
HMN the number above the line in a fraction, for example 5 is the numerator in 5/6 [↪ denominator]
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