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incommensurable
[ in-kuh-men-ser-uh-buhl, -sher- ]
adjective
- not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- utterly disproportionate.
- Mathematics. (of two or more quantities) having no common measure.
noun
- something that is incommensurable.
- Mathematics. one of two or more incommensurable quantities.
incommensurable
/ ˌɪnkəˈmɛnʃərəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being judged, measured, or considered comparatively
- postpositivefoll bywith 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
noun
- something incommensurable
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Derived Forms
- ˌincomˌmensuraˈbility, noun
- ˌincomˈmensurably, adverb
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Other Words From
- incom·mensu·ra·bili·ty incom·mensu·ra·ble·ness noun
- incom·mensu·ra·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incommensurable1
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Example Sentences
Premeditations, Powers, fore-ordained Destinies, elaborate there together an incommensurable work.
Without undertaking to measure and compare what is incommensurable, I hold that Goethe's genius is essentially lyrical.
Lastly, the Pythagoreans discovered the existence of incommensurable lines, or of irrationals.
But any such double standard, in which the two measures are absolutely incommensurable, leads straight to chaos.
And he comes, not merely in time, pretty close to Defoe, incommensurable as is the genius of the two.
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