COMMENSURABLE


Meaning of COMMENSURABLE in English

 ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷)rəbəl adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French commensurable, from Late Latin commensurabilis, from Latin com- + Late Latin mensurabilis measurable, from mensurare to measure, from Latin mensura measure — more at measure

1. : having a common measure ; specifically : divisible by a common measure or unit an integral number of times

10 and 25 are commensurable since they have 5 as a common divisor

2. : commensurate 2

the two punishments must be perfectly commensurable — Jeremy Bentham

• com·men·su·ra·bly -blē adverb

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