commensurable

American  

[kuh-men-ser-uh-buhl, -sher-uh-] / kəˈmɛn sər ə bəl, -ʃər ə- /

adjective

1. having the same measure or divisor.

   The numbers 6 and 9 are commensurable since they are divisible by 3.

2. suitable in measure; proportionate.

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commensurable British  

/ -ʃə-, kəˈmɛnsərəbəl /

adjective

1. maths

   1. having a common factor

   2. having units of the same dimensions and being related by whole numbers

      hours and minutes are commensurable

2. well-proportioned; proportionate

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Other Word Forms

• commensurability noun
• commensurableness noun
• commensurably adverb

Etymology

Origin of commensurable

1550–60; < Late Latin commēnsūrābilis, equivalent to Latin com- com- + mēnsūrābilis (equivalent to mēnsūrā ( re ) ( commensurate ) + -bilis -ble )

Example Sentences

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

These results were given by Lambert, and used by him to prove that π and π� incommensurable, and also any commensurable power of e.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

Secondly, suppose the angle of the creases commensurable with the revolution.

From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

Conversation, as we know, denotes an interchange of commensurable meanings.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton