commensurable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- +‎ mensurable.

Adjective

commensurable (comparative more commensurable, superlative most commensurable)

1. Able to be measured using a common standard.

   A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches.

2. Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
3. (mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ^WP

   The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable.

Antonyms

• incommensurable

Derived terms

• commensurableness
• commensurably
• noncommensurable
• uncommensurable

 

Translations

able to be measured using a common standard

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可通约 (zh) (kětōngyuē)

• Czech: souměřitelný
• Finnish: yhteismitallinen (fi)
• German: kommensurabel (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sammenlignbar (no)

• Russian: соизмери́мый (ru) (soizmerímyj), сопостави́мый (ru) (sopostavímyj), сравни́мый (ru) (sravnímyj), одного́ поря́дка (odnovó porjádka)

related in size or scale

• Finnish: yhteismitallinen (fi)

divisible by same number

• Czech: soudělný
• Finnish: jaollinen samalla luvulla
• Russian: взаи́мно просты́е (vzaímno prostýje)
• Swedish: kommensurabel (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

commensurable (plural commensurables)

1. (mathematics) commensurable

   Synonym: mesurable

Further reading

• “commensurable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.