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

It may be that they can neither be demonstrated nor made mechanically commensurable, but lie in the impenetrable mystery inherent in all life.

From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf

But the motives to action are, like the physical forces, commensurable.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

This is usually proved first for the commensurable case and then for the incommensurable one.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene