commensurable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (having a common measure) in 1550s, from Latin com- (with) + mensurabilis (measurable). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.

Adjective

commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)

  1. Able to be measured using a common standard.
    A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.
  2. Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
  3. (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.

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Adjective

commensurable (plural commensurables)

  1. (mathematics) commensurable
    Synonym: mesurable

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