commensurable
Americanadjective
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having the same measure or divisor.
The numbers 6 and 9 are commensurable since they are divisible by 3.
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suitable in measure; proportionate.
adjective
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maths
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having a common factor
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having units of the same dimensions and being related by whole numbers
hours and minutes are commensurable
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well-proportioned; proportionate
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of commensurable
1550–60; < Late Latin commēnsūrābilis, equivalent to Latin com- com- + mēnsūrābilis (equivalent to mēnsūrā ( re ) ( see commensurate) + -bilis -ble )
Example Sentences
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Difficulties have resulted from the fact that these three periods are not commensurable; that’s a fancy way of saying that one does not divide evenly into any of the others.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The analogous is not always the same as the commensurable.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2011
Gold and milk must be, then, commensurable quantities, i.e. must have a common quality, present in each in definite quantitative degree, before comparison is possible, or a ratio can emerge.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson
This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
Therefore two magnitudes, the one a foote long, the other two foote long, are commensurable; because the magnitude of one foote doth measure them both, the first once, the second twice.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
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