commensurability
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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
Ricardo, in his theory of rent, has given a magnificent example of the commensurability of values.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
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 Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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 Turner, Herbert Hall
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
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