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Incommensurable

Incommensurable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incommensurable? [adj] not having a common factor [adj] impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incommensurable: incommensurate \| incomparable \| uncomparable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incommensurable: abnormal \| absurd \| alien \| anomalous \| apart \| detached \| disconnected \| discrete \| disjunct \| disproportionate \| disrelated \| dissimilar \| dissociated \| exotic \| extraneous \| foreign \| incoherent \| incommensurate \| incomparable \| incompatible \| incongruous \| inconsequent \| inconsistent \| inconsonant \| independent \| insular \| irreconcilable \| irrelative \| isolated \| not comparable to \| of different orders \| other \| out of proportion \| outlandish \| oxymoronic \| paradoxical \| removed \| segregate \| self-contradictory \| separate \| separated \| strange \| unaffiliated \| unallied \| unassociated \| unconnected \| unlike \| unrelatable \| unrelated See Also \| Incommensurable In Webster's Dictionary \In`commen"surable\, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- {In`commen"surableness}, n. -- {In`commen"surably}, adv. \In`commen"sura*ble\, n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

Incommensurable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incommensurable?

[adj] not having a common factor
[adj] impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incommensurable: incommensurate | incomparable | uncomparable

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Incommensurable In Webster's Dictionary

\In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.]
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of
comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third
quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the
side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each
other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are
incommensurable.

      They are quantities incommensurable.     --Burke.
-- {In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`com*men"su*ra*bly},
adv.


\In`com*men"su*ra*ble\, n.
One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

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