# What's the meaning of "drop" in mathematics?

What's the meaning of "drop" in following sentence:

"the term can be dropped from the numerator"

• Removed I guess, depending on the context Jun 13 '15 at 17:12
• You'd have to give. More specific context to be sure, but yes, ignored or eliminated, depending on context. Jun 13 '15 at 17:15
• There is no specific use of "drop" in mathematics. Sometimes it is used in sentences as "we can drop this hypothesis". I have no idea on what would be the meaning in "drop from the denominator". Jun 13 '15 at 17:15
• Some additional context would greatly improve the answerability of this question. What's the fractional expression? Which "term" is being "dropped"? Jun 13 '15 at 17:29
• More detail is needed and I cannot say for sure but I take the word dropped to mean ignored by choice and not by removed by some process such as cancellation.
– Karl
Jun 13 '15 at 19:00

"Dropped" just means deleted. If the numerator is $A+B+C$ and one replaces it with $A+B$, one has dropped the third term from the numerator.