(Mathematics)the number below the line in a vulgar fraction; a divisor (数)分母 ■a figure representing the total population in terms of which statistical values are expressed 统计基准(一个代表总人口量的数字,根据这一数字来表示其他各种统计数值)
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French dénominateur or medieval Latin denominator, from denominare 'to name' (see denominate)