commensurable

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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 numbers) Exactly divisible by the same number an integer number of times ^WP

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

Antonyms

• incommensurable

Translations

able to be measured using a common standard

Czech: souměřitelný (cs) m.

of two numbers

Czech: soudělný (cs) m.

Swedish: kommensurabel (sv) c.