COMMENSURABLE


Meaning of COMMENSURABLE in English

— commensurability, commensurableness , n. — commensurably , adv.

/keuh men"seuhr euh beuhl, -sheuhr euh-/ , adj.

1. having the same measure or divisor: The numbers 6 and 9 are commensurable since they are divisible by 3.

2. suitable in measure; proportionate.

[ 1550-60; commensurabilis, equiv. to L com- COM- + mensurabilis (equiv. to mensura ( re ) (see COMMENSURATE) + -bilis -BLE) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .