commensurable
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.
Adjective edit
commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)
- Able to be measured using a common standard.
- Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
- (mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number WP
- The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
able to be measured using a common standard
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Adjective edit
commensurable (plural commensurables)
- (mathematics) commensurable
- Synonym: mesurable
Further reading edit
- “commensurable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.