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denominator
the bottom line of a fraction; the base population on which population rates such as birth and death rates are calculated.

denominator
Epidemiology The lower part of a fraction used to calculate a rate or ratio; in a rate, the denominator is usually the population–or population experience, as in person-yrs, etc. at risk


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He pointed out, "After being officially charged to form the government, Saleh will start consultating with political blocs to reach common denominator to name nominees to the new cabinet's ministerial posts.
Take a fraction, convert the numerator and the denominator to their number names, count the letters, convert the sums to their number names, count the letters, etc.
The dumbing down of Christmas is a kind of lowest common denominator, an embarrassment of why Britain has come to where it is" - Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester.
 
 
 
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