diluted earnings per share. An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of common stock.
inanimate - belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; the word `car' is inanimate. linguistics - the scientific study of language. animate - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; the word `dog' is animate.
Of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature. Similar: abstract; abstractionist; nonfigurative; nonobjective (not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature) conventional; formal; schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)