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Webster 1913 Edition
Commensurable
Com-men′su-ra-ble
,Adj.
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.
– Com-men′su-ra-ble-ness
, Noun.
Commensurable numbers
or
Commensurable quantities
(Math.)
, those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches.
– Numbers commensurable in power
, or Quantities commensurable in power
those whose squares are commensurable.
Definition 2024
commensurable
commensurable
English
Adjective
commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)
- Able to be measured using a common standard
- A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
- Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate
- (mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number WP
- The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.
Antonyms
Translations
able to be measured using a common standard
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