commensurable

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Difficulties have resulted from the fact that these three periods are not commensurable; that’s a fancy way of saying that one does not divide evenly into any of the others.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The analogous is not always the same as the commensurable.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2011

These results were given by Lambert, and used by him to prove that π and π� incommensurable, and also any commensurable power of e.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

Christ's headship, and his government as Mediator, are commensurable, and of an equal extent.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

The new coins are commensurable with, and in a finite ratio to, the old ones.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene