commensurability

American  

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

noun

• commensurabilities
  plural

1. the state or quality of being commensurable.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• non-commensurability
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• commensurabilities
  plural

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Example Sentences

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commensurability

We can scarcely doubt that this law of commensurability has largely influenced the present distribution of the asteroids.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

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 Edna Henry Lee Turpin

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 Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson

For disturbances recurring time after time—owing to commensurability of periods—nearly at the same part of the orbit, would have accumulated until the shape of that orbit was notably changed.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

As the resultant of these two motions, the effective variation of the latitude is subject to a systematic alternation in a cycle of seven years’ duration, resulting from the commensurability of the two terms.

From Astronomical Discovery by Herbert Hall Turner

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