Noun
an attribute that is common to all members of a category
an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
Source: WordNetA treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis. Temple Grandin
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. Jimmy Carter
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women. Abdul Kalam
I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder. Werner Herzog
It's all nonsense to say that the Fifteenth Century can't possibly speak to the Twentieth, because it is the Fifteenth and not the Twentieth, and because those two Centuries haven't got a Common Denominator. They have. It's Human Nature. Frederick Rolfe
There is an enormous pressure placed on gay novelists because they are the only spokespeople. The novelist's first obligation is to be true to his own vision, not to be some sort of common denominator or public relations man to all gay people. Edmund White