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

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

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

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

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There seems reason to admit that Kirkwood's law of commensurability has had some effect in bringing about the present distribution of the matter composing them.

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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.

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