commensurable
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English[edit]
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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divisible by same number
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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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.