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
The possible gain is, I think, in no way commensurable with the probable risks of panic and disorder.
From The Invasion by William Le Queux
Now a quantitative ratio is between commensurable quantities.
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson
In the modern treatment by limits the proof is divided into two parts: first, for commensurable bases; and second, for incommensurable ones.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
