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.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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)

The properties of commensurability and incommensurability in lines and surfaces, of rational and irrational lines would cease to have any meaning.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

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)

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 Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)