Meaning of INCOMMENSURABLE
| Pronunciation: | | `inku'menshurubul
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- [adj] not having a common factor
- [adj] impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
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| | Synonyms: | | incommensurate, incomparable, uncomparable |
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\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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