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/kˈɑmən dɪnˈɑmənˌeɪtər/ Listen

Common denominator

noun

An integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions.

An attribute that is common to all members of a category.

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"Common denominator" Quotes from Famous Books

... the gospels; the Spirit of Jesus in the Acts. He is the only continuous personality from first to last. He is the common denominator of the book. The first twelve chapters group about Peter, the remaining sixteen about Paul, but distinctly above both they all group about the Holy Spirit. He is the one dominant factor throughout. The first fourth of the book is fairly aflame ...

— Quiet Talks on Power • S.D. Gordon

... universal appeal as this one of justice. Whether dealing with Italians, Russians, Portuguese, Poles, Irish or Irish-Americans you could always get below their national peculiarities if you reached this common denominator. However browbeaten, however slavish, they had been in their former lives this spark seemed always alive. However cocky or anarchistic they might feel in their new freedom you could pull them up with a sharp turn by an appeal to their sense of justice. And by justice I mean nothing ...

— One Way Out - A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America • William Carleton

Words linked to "Common denominator" : attribute, denominator