Definition:Division/Dividend

Definition
Let $c = a / b$ denote the division operation on two elements $a$ and $b$ of a field.

The element $a$ is the dividend of $b$.

Also known as
The dividend of an expression $a / b$ is also known as the numerator of that expression.

Also see

 * Definition:Division/Divisor
 * Definition:Quotient (Arithmetic)


 * Definition:Numerator
 * Definition:Denominator