incommensurable
not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
utterly disproportionate.
Mathematics. (of two or more quantities) having no common measure.
something that is incommensurable.
Mathematics. one of two or more incommensurable quantities.
Origin of incommensurable
1Other words from incommensurable
- in·com·men·su·ra·bil·i·ty, in·com·men·su·ra·ble·ness, noun
- in·com·men·su·ra·bly, adverb
Words Nearby incommensurable
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How to use incommensurable in a sentence
Premeditations, Powers, fore-ordained Destinies, elaborate there together an incommensurable work.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoWithout undertaking to measure and compare what is incommensurable, I hold that Goethe's genius is essentially lyrical.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII | John LordLastly, the Pythagoreans discovered the existence of incommensurable lines, or of irrationals.
Archimedes | Thomas Little HeathBut any such double standard, in which the two measures are absolutely incommensurable, leads straight to chaos.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenAnd he comes, not merely in time, pretty close to Defoe, incommensurable as is the genius of the two.
The English Novel | George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for incommensurable
/ (ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərəbəl) /
incapable of being judged, measured, or considered comparatively
(postpositive foll by with) not in accordance; incommensurate
maths
(of two numbers) having an irrational ratio
not having units of the same dimension
unrelated to another measurement by integral multiples
something incommensurable
Derived forms of incommensurable
- incommensurability or incommensurableness, noun
- incommensurably, adverb
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