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

I wish to know of all your treasonable doings so as to make your punishment commensurable with your merits.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

Now a quantitative ratio is between commensurable quantities.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

Conversation, as we know, denotes an interchange of commensurable meanings.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton