denominator

Related to denominator: least common denominator, lowest common denominator, common denominator

the lowest common denominator

The portion of society that is the least sophisticated or has the lowest level of taste. The phrase is often used when referring to the market for what one perceives as a tacky product or a base form of entertainment. I want to go see a movie, but everything in the theater is for the lowest common denominator. Don't they make films for people who think anymore?
See also: common, denominator, low
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (one's) best foot forward
  • best foot forward
  • how about
  • how/what about...?
  • eggs is eggs
  • How long is a piece of string?
  • from my cold, dead hands
  • kicking and screaming
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
References in periodicals archive
Before fractions can be added or subtracted, they must have the same denominator. Like fractions are fractions that have the same denominator.
Importantly, the maximum allowable credit in column 2 ($10,500) is greater than the credit in column 1 ($10,125), because the adjustment to the denominator in column 2 (line 5) negates the effect of the reduced taxes rates on the qualified domestic dividend income.
Let's consider the first category, which focuses on the denominator, in more depth.
Capturing appropriate denominator data may even be more difficult (22).
The key to effective management by measurement is not the numerator-but the denominator! Of course, the numerator is important, but is it almost always "profit" or some close proxy.
For low enough frequencies and high enough amplifier open loop gains, and where the input current noise of the operational amplifiers may be neglected, the denominator of Eq.
To truly add these numbers, both plate appearances and at-bats must be in the denominator of both fractions.
This was accomplished by the creation of a "common denominator
9, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Using the true number of central lines as the denominator improves methods of determining central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates, according to a study published online July 24 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Though the locations and historical contexts morph and shift over the centuries, the power of the human spirit to persist in the face of upheaval and adversity is the common denominator in this collection.
First, any ratio has a numerator and denominator. But which one deserves the focus?
House representatives whose districts got pork insertions have one common denominator: They're all close to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Not everything in the positions of Russia and Turkey on Syria may match 100 percent, but the parties are looking for "common denominator", the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, RIA Novosti reported.
Your tax preparation software will calculate the non-deductible portion using a fraction: The numerator would be total exempt income, and the denominator of the fraction could be one of the following:
And I never realised that 'common denominator' meant 'give the same name' to both.