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
Since the fraction is infinite it cannot be commensurable and therefore its value is a quadratic surd number.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
Secondly, suppose the angle of the creases commensurable with the revolution.
From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
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
