common denominator

1. 1.

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

   Broaderdenominator
2. 2.

   an attribute that is common to all members of a category

   Broaderattribute

Questions about common denominator

What does common denominator mean?

common denominator means "an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is common denominator a common word?

common denominator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.