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commensurable

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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.

commensurable [kəˈmɛnsərəbəl -ʃə-]
adj
1. (Mathematics) Maths
a.  having a common factor
b.  having units of the same dimensions and being related by whole numbers hours and minutes are commensurable
2. well-proportioned; proportionate
commensurability  n
commensurably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.commensurable - capable of being measured by a common standard; "hours and minutes are commensurable"
commensurate - corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"
Translations
commensurable [kəˈmenʃərəbl] ADJconmensurable, comparable (with con)


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And it occurs to no one that to admit a greatness not commensurable with the standard of right and wrong is merely to admit one's own nothingness and immeasurable meanness.
Now that which is of divine birth has a period which is contained in a perfect number, but the period of human birth is comprehended in a number in which first increments by involution and evolution (or squared and cubed) obtaining three intervals and four terms of like and unlike, waxing and waning numbers, make all the terms commensurable and agreeable to one another.
 
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