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

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

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)

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

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

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

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.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)