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Mensurableness
(gcide) | Mensurableness \Men"su*ra*ble*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness.
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Commensurableness
(gcide) | Commensurable \Com*men"su*ra*ble\, a. [L. commensurabilis; pref.
com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf.
Commeasurable.]
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by
the same number, quantity, or measure. --
Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.
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Commensurable numbers or Commensurable quantities
(Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some
common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since
both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12
inches, the other 36 inches.
Numbers commensurable in power, or {Quantities
commensurable in power}, those whose squares are
commensurable.
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Incommensurableness
(gcide) | Incommensurable \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.
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They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke.
-- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly,
adv.
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