Math Glossary: d

Denominator The bottom number in a fraction.
Density The amount of mass per volume (m/v).
Diameter Any line which goes from one side of a circle to the other, passing directly through the center point (splits the circle into halves).
Difference The distance between two numbers on a number line.
Dividend The number in a division problem which is actually being divided. In 4/3, four is the dividend.
Division An operation to discover how many times one number fits into another.
Divisor The number that is dividing the dividend. In 4/3, three is the divisor.
Domain The x-values on a simple x-y plot. These are the input values into a function. The function is valid across the whole domain. Simple linear functions have a domain of all real numbers, but more complicated functions may have specific domains. For example, y=4/(x-1) has a domain of all real numbers except for x=1.