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(11C) Arithmetic with Fractions
09-19-2018, 07:45 AM (This post was last modified: 09-19-2018 07:47 AM by Massimo Gnerucci.)
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RE: (11C) Arithmetic with Fractions
(09-18-2018 10:38 PM)Dieter Wrote:  
(09-18-2018 09:25 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  In Spanish it would be "numerador" and "denominador", never seen anyone using "nominador" instead of "numerador" either verbally or in print.

The English word "numerator" and the Spanish "numerador" are both derived from the Latin verb "numerare" = "to count". So a "numerator" is someone or something that "counts". A "counter", if you like. And that's exactly what the German word means: "Zähler" simply is a direct translation of the Latin "numerator". Which makes the use of a word like "nominator" look even more strange. #-)

Dieter

And, of course, we are close to the latin root: numeratore and denominatore.
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(11C) Arithmetic with Fractions - Gamo - 09-15-2018, 07:02 AM
RE: (11C) Arithmetic with Fractions - Massimo Gnerucci - 09-19-2018 07:45 AM
RE: (11C) Arithmetic with Fractions - Gamo - 09-17-2018, 03:47 AM
RE: (11C) Arithmetic with Fractions - Gamo - 09-17-2018, 09:40 AM
RE: (11C) Arithmetic with Fractions - Gamo - 09-22-2018, 06:33 AM



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