kəˌmen(t)səˈrāshən also -menchəˈ- noun
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Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin commensuration, commensuratio, from Latin com- + Late Latin mensuration-, mensuratio act of measuring — more at mensuration
1. : the measuring of things in comparison with one another
2. : the state of being proportionate
fitness lies in a particular commensuration … of one thing to another — Robert South