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Commensurability

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com·men·su·ra·ble  (k-mnsr--bl, -shr-)
adj.
1. Measurable by a common standard.
2. Commensurate; proportionate.
3. Mathematics Exactly divisible by the same unit an integral number of times. Used of two quantities.

[Late Latin commnsrbilis : Latin com-, com- + mnsrbilis, measurable (from mnsrre, to measure; see commensurate).]

com·mensu·ra·bili·ty n.
com·mensu·ra·bly adv.


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The reason of these discords I conceive to be that there is no commensurability between a man and any gift.
 
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