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Incommensurability

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in·com·men·su·ra·ble  (nk-mnsr--bl, -shr-)
adj.
1.
a. Impossible to measure or compare.
b. Lacking a common quality on which to make a comparison.
2. Mathematics
a. Having no common measure or number of which all the given lengths or measures are integral multiples.
b. Having an irrational ratio.
n.
One that is incommensurable.
incom·mensu·ra·bili·ty n.
incom·mensu·ra·bly adv.


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