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incommensurate

[in-kuh-men-ser-it, -sher-] / ˌɪn kəˈmɛn sər ɪt, -ʃər- /


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“India’s defense modernization over this period has been directionally correct, but at a pace and level of effort that is incommensurate with its threat environment.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

The two surfaces should be incommensurate, which means the potential 'hills' in the molecular structure of one surface should not fit to the potential 'wells' of the other surface.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024

Despite the complexity of these latter ideas, her use of diagrams and figures helps to reinforce their approachability—although in some cases their incommensurate simplicity feels unsatisfying.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

Her Twitter feed, Samaha says, was like a “surreal mash-up” of her very real yet seemingly incommensurate interests.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

Krehbiel, and is worked up delightfully in the cantata, an incessant thudding of a drum in an incommensurate rhythm giving it a decidedly barbaric tone.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Rupert Hughes




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