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Definition of denominator : 1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.
2. That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.
3. That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division.

Synonyms:

part, fragment, slice, portion, segment, quarter, half, section, piece, chunk, third

geometry, algorithm, integral, dividend, divisor, reciprocal, numerator, multiplicand, root, algebra, trigonometry, arithmetic, differential calculus, radix, coefficient, square root, cube, logarithm, quadratics, antilogarithm, minuend, calculus, multiplier, exponent, subtrahend, fraction, increment, factor, quotient, formula, multiplicator, cube root, modulus, power, multiple, index

Usage examples:

• " Reduce it to a common denominator," Westy said. - "Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels", Percy Keese Fitzhugh.
• The corporation was the common denominator of people with various industrial and financial interests. - "The American Empire", Scott Nearing.
• As the object of all eloquence is to find the least common denominator of men's souls, to fall just within the natural comprehension, it cannot obviously have any chance with a literary ambition which aims at falling just outside it. - "Varied Types", G. K. Chesterton.