commensurability

American  

[kuh-men-ser-uh-bil-uh-tee] / kəˌmɛn sər əˈbɪl ə ti /

noun

plural

commensurabilities

1. the state or quality of being commensurable.

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Other Word Forms

• non-commensurability
  noun

Example Sentences

I assume, without trying to prove here, the homogeneity and commensurability of human desires and aversions.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

It seems to me to be equally evident that "more" implies commensurable magnitude; and that commensurability implies the existence of a common unit in the terms compared.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

The properties of commensurability and incommensurability in lines and surfaces, of rational and irrational lines would cease to have any meaning.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

The reason of these discords I conceive to be, that there is no commensurability between a man and any gift.

From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee

The ratio, 4:1, is not on the basis of any physical commensurability.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)