COMMENSURABLE


Meaning of COMMENSURABLE in English

[ kə'mɛnʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l , -sjə- ]

■ adjective

1》 measurable by the same standard: the finite is not ~ with the infinite.

2》 Mathematics (of numbers) in a ratio equal to a ratio of integers.

Derivatives

commensurability noun

commensurably adverb

Origin

C16: from late L. commensurabilis , from com- 'together' + mensurabilis , from mensurare 'to measure'.

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