INCOMMENSURABLE


Meaning of INCOMMENSURABLE in English

adj. (often foll. by with)

1. not comparable in respect of magnitude.

2 incapable of being measured (in comparison with).

3 Math. (of a magnitude or magnitudes) having no common factor, integral or fractional.

4 Math. irrational.

Derivatives:

incommensurability n. incommensurably adv.

Etymology: LL incommensurabilis (as IN-(1), COMMENSURABLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.